Number 1's (Destiny's Child album) pure product and not feel wrong for doing so". Despite classifying its title as "misleading" and criticizing the new material, "Houston Chronicle"s editor Michael D. Clark wrote the album was "dolled up as beautiful and immaculate as" the members of the group and included their best singles from their four studio albums. John A. Hanson of Sputnikmusic felt that the greatest hits album was released "at the perfect time" as many of the songs were released a long time ago and "they've lost the overplayedness, but its soon enough that they still have some sort of relevance". He concluded for
Hits of the 50's to the release of that album. The bulk of the album was recorded on March 23, 1960, with the remaining numbers—"The Great Pretender", "You, You, You", "The Wayward Wind", "Cry", and "Venus"—being recorded the following day. Many of the same musicians who recorded on "Cooke's Tour" returned for "Hits of the 50's". All songs arranged and conducted by Glen Osser. All credits adapted from "The RCA Albums Collection" (2011) liner notes. Hits of the 50's Hits of the 50's is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in August