Deep Tracks (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Deep Tracks | type = compilation | artist = [[Faith Hill]] | cover = Faith Hill - Deep Tracks (album cover).jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = {{start date|2016|11|18}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Country music|Country]] | length = {{duration|m=56|s=57}} | label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Byron Gallimore]]|Faith Hill|[[Dann Huff]]}} | prev_title = [[Joy to the World (Faith Hill album)|Joy to the World]] | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = [[The Rest of Our Life]] | next_year = 2017 }}

'''''Deep Tracks''''' is the fourth [[compilation album]] released by American [[country music]] artist [[Faith Hill]]. It was released through [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]] on November 18, 2016, and features a selection of album tracks from Hill's career that were never released as [[single (music)|single]]s, along with three previously unreleased tracks. Upon release, the album entered the [[Top Country Albums|''Billboard'' Country Albums]] chart at No. 22.<ref name="Country Albums 12-10-2016">{{cite web|title=Top Country Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-albums|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|accessdate=November 30, 2016|format=The Week Of: December 10, 2016}}</ref>

==Background== ''Deep Tracks'' was Hill's first full-length release in eight years and marked the final album in her contract with Warner, which served as label since her 1993 debut.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Whitaker|first1=Sterling|title=Faith Hill to Release 'Deep Tracks,' Unreleased Songs|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/faith-hill-deep-tracks-unreleased-songs/|accessdate=November 30, 2016|work=Taste of Country|publisher=[[Townsquare Media]]|date=November 11, 2016}}</ref> Comprising mostly non-single tracks from her four most recent, non-[[Christmas music|Holiday]] studio albums – ''[[Faith (Faith Hill album)|Faith]]'' (1998), ''[[Breathe (Faith Hill album)|Breathe]]'' (1999), ''[[Cry (Faith Hill album)|Cry]]'' (2002), and ''[[Fireflies (Faith Hill album)|Fireflies]]'' (2005) – the compilation also features three previously unreleased songs.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hostelley|first1=Laura|title=Faith Hill to Release Final Album on Warner Bros. Records|url=http://www.soundslikenashville.com/music/faith-hill-to-release-final-album-on-warner-bros-records/|website=Sounds Like Nashville|publisher=[[SpinMedia]]|accessdate=November 30, 2016|date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> One of these, "[[Why (Rascal Flatts song)|Why]]", was recorded in 2004 during the ''Fireflies'' album sessions, but ended up not making the final track list. The song was later released by country trio [[Rascal Flatts]], also produced by [[Dann Huff]]. "Boy" is one of the last songs she recorded for Warner, while "Come to Jesus" was originally recorded in 2003<ref>{{cite web|title=Faith Hill Shares Emotional Backstory of 'Come to Jesus'|url=https://theboot.com/faith-hill-deep-tracks/|website=The Boot|publisher=Townsquare Media|access-date=6 January 2026 }}</ref> and later dedicated by Hill to her late mother.<ref name="CMT">{{cite web|last1=Bonaguro |first1=Alison|title=Faith Hill: "Rebel Without Walls"|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1773832/faith-hill-rebel-without-walls/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122193542/http://www.cmt.com/news/1773832/faith-hill-rebel-without-walls/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2016|website=[[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]]|publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|accessdate=December 2, 2016|date=November 21, 2016}}</ref>

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|author1=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Deep Tracks - Faith Hill {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002989919|pure_url=yes}}|website=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|accessdate=November 30, 2016|date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> }}

[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] gave the album a mixed, three out of five star review. "This is [[Middle of the road (music)|straight-down-the-middle]] AAA country", he writes, "music that might not be hooky enough to be a hit, but that certainly speaks to a well-manicured lifestyle".<ref name="AllMusic"/> Of the three previously unreleased tracks, [[CMT (U.S. TV channel)|CMT]]'s Alison Bonaguro declared they "sound modern and fresh, regardless of when she recorded them".<ref name="CMT"/>

==Commercial performance== ''Deep Tracks'' debuted at number 22 on the [[Top Country Albums|''Billboard'' Top Country Albums]] chart dated December 10, 2016 with 3,900 units sold in its first week.<ref name="Country Albums 12-10-2016"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bjorke|first1=Matt|title=Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 28, 2016|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2016/11/41131-top-10-country-albums-sales-chart-november-28-2016|accessdate=November 30, 2016|work=Roughstock|publisher=Cheri Media|date=November 28, 2016}}</ref> The album failed to enter the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] but did reach number 94 on the Top Current Albums chart, which follows a similar methodology but excludes [[Top Pop Catalog Albums|catalog albums]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Faith Hill – Chart history (Top Catalog Albums)|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5b0%5d=ts_chart_artistname%3AFaith%20Hill&f%5b1%5d=itm_field_chart_id%3A1072&f%5b2%5d=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Faith%20Hill|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|accessdate=November 30, 2016}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | extra_column = Original album | title1 = Better Days | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Bekka Bramlett]]|[[Billy Burnette]]|Annie Roboff}} | extra1 = [[Faith (Faith Hill album)|''Faith'']] | length1 = 3:28

| title2 = Somebody Stand by Me | writer2 = {{hlist|[[Sheryl Crow]]|[[Todd Wolfe]]}} | extra2 = ''Faith'' | length2 = 5:51

| title4 = Free | writer4 = {{hlist|[[Beth Nielsen Chapman]]|Roboff}} | extra4 = [[Cry (Faith Hill album)|''Cry'']] | length4 = 4:40

| title5 = If This is the End | writer5 = [[Steve McEwan]] | extra5 = ''Cry'' | length5 = 4:57

| title6 = Back to You | writer6 = {{hlist|Derek Bramble|[[Lindy Robbins]]}} | extra6 = ''Cry'' | length6 = 4:38

| title7 = Unsaveable | writer7 = {{hlist|Bramlett|Bobby Terry}} | extra7 = ''Cry'' | length7 = 3:54

| title9 = You Stay with Me | writer9 = {{hlist|John Kennedy|Andrea Stolpe}} | extra9 = ''Fireflies'' | length9 = 4:23

| title10 = Wish for You | writer10 = {{hlist|[[Darrell Brown (musician)|Darrell Brown]]|[[Craig Wiseman]]}} | extra10 = ''Fireflies'' | length10 = 3:28

| title11 = Boy | writer11 = {{hlist|[[Lee Brice]]|Rob Hatch|Lance Miller}} | extra11 = ''Deep Tracks'' (New song) | length11 = 3:33

| title12 = [[Why (Rascal Flatts song)|Why]] | writer12 = {{hlist|[[Rob Mathes]]|[[Allen Shamblin]]}} | extra12 = ''Deep Tracks'' (New song) | length12 = 4:54

| title13 = Come to Jesus | writer13 = [[Mindy Smith]] | extra13 = ''Deep Tracks'' (New song) | length13 = 4:25

| total_length = 56:57 }}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! Chart (2016) ! Peak <br> position |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|22|artist=Faith Hill|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 30, 2016}} |- |}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://www.allmusic.com/album/deep-tracks-mw0002989919 ''Deep Tracks''] at [[AllMusic]]

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