The Best Of Collin Raye: Direct Hits is Collin Raye’s first greatest hits album. However, it also includes three new recordings: “What the Heart Wants”, “Little Red Rodeo”, and “The Gift.” It also includes a cover of Journey’s “Open Arms.”
Commercially, it was very successful, peaking at number four on the Hot Country Albums list and thirty-three on the all-genres Billboard 200.