The Hits & More is a greatest hits album by Melissa Tkautz. The album comes 21 years after her ARIA Award winning,[1] number one single, "Read My Lips" was released.
| The Hits & More | ||||
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| Released | 10 August 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 1991–2012 | |||
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| Label | Melissa Tkautz | |||
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The album includes tracks from Tkautz’s entire career as well as new tracks, "Not Enough", "Fake it Good" and "Take Me Away". [2] The album was released on 10 August 2012.[3]
Promotions
editOn 9 July 2012, Tkautz released a 1 minute, 30 second promotional video for the album, composed of video clips from throughout her career to the music of "Something About You".[4]
Throughout August, Tkautz performed a number of tracks live on TV in early August 2012, including "Sexy (Is the Word)" on ‘’The Morning Show’’ on 7 August and "Read My Lips" on ‘’The Late News’’ on 10 August. .[5]
Tkautz toured the album across Australia in late 2012.[6][7] “A lot of my older tracks are quite poppy and I find this is very much up with the times in terms of what is going on in the clubs,” Melissa says.[8]
Track listing
edit- “Read My Lips” – 3:41
- “Skin to Skin“ – 3:46
- “My House” -3:42
- “Is It?” - 4:03
- “The Glamorous Life” “3:19
- “All I Want” - 3:34
- “Easily Affected” - 3:58
- “I Want Your Love” (Nick Skitz feat. Melissa Tkautz) - 3:12
- “Something About You” (Nick Jay feat. Melissa Tkautz) - 3:53
- “Not Enough” - 3:22
- “Fake it Good” - 2:52
- “Take Me Away” - 3:31
- “Sexy (Is the Word) 2005” - 4:08
- “The Glamorous Life” (D.O.N.S. remix) - 5:00
- “Read My Lips” (12” version) - 6:01
- “Sexy is the Word” (12” version) - 6:04
- “Skin to Skin” (12” version) - 6:38
- “Is It?” (12” version) - 5:01
- “Easily Affected” (12” version) - 5:46
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Australia | 10 August 2012 | Digital Download | Melissa Tkautz |
References
edit- ^ "ARIA AWARDS "Read my Lips"". www.ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Melissa Tkautz interview". www.auspop.com.au. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "The Hits & More by Melissa Tkautz". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Melissa Tkautz "The Hits & More" –". YouTube.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Melissa Tkautz Multimedia". melissatkautz. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Melissa Tkautz releases 'The Hits & More'". prwire.com.au. July 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Melissa Tkautz Tour Dates". au.tv.yahoo.com. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Singer Melissa Tkautz is back in Adelaide to launch her new track Gotta Let You Go at the Mars Bar". www.adelaidenow.com.au. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.