The Very Best of the A&M Years (1977–1988)

Tracklist

• 1
  Rockin’ Into the Night
  3:59
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Hold On Loosely
  4:39
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Wild Eyed Southern Boys
  4:17
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Fantasy Girl
  4:04
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Caught Up in You
  4:38
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Chain Lightnin’
  5:03
  3.4 ★
• 7
  You Keep Runnin’ Away
  3:56
  3.2 ★
• 8
  Rough Housin’
  4:07
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Stone Cold Believer
  4:12
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Twentieth Century Fox
  3:43
  3.8 ★
• 11
  If I’d Been the One
  3:53
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Back Where You Belong
  4:01
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Teacher, Teacher
  3:12
  3.6 ★
• 14
  Somebody Like You
  4:08
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Like No Other Night
  3:55
  3.3 ★
• 16
  Back to Paradise
  3:39
  2.6 ★
• 17
  Second Chance
  5:02
  4.8 ★
• 18
  Take Me Back
  5:16
  3.5 ★

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Release credits

• 38 Special
  background vocals [17], producer [13]
• Bill Cuomo
  additional [14-15], keyboard [14-15]
• Brian Foraker
  engineer [14-16]
• Carol Bristow
  additional [10-11], background vocals [10-11]
• Carol Veto
  background vocals [2-4]
• Dale Krantz-Rossington
  background vocals [1, 9]
• Danny Chauncey
  guitar [17]
• Denny Carmassi
  additional [14-15], drums (drum set) [14-15]
• Don Barnes
  acoustic guitar [1, 9], associate [2-4], background vocals [1-9], co [5-8, 10-11], electric guitar [1, 9], guitar [2-5, 8, 10-11, 14-15], guitar family [6-7], lead vocals [1-9], piano [3], producer [16], vocal [10-11, 14-15]
• Donnie Van Zant
  lead vocals [1-9], vocal [10-11, 14-15, 17]
• Edd Miller
  co [17], vibraslap [17]
• Gregory M. Quesnel
  additional [5-8], assistant [1, 9], engineer [2-4]
• Jack Grondin
  drums (drum set) [1-5, 8-11, 14-15, 17], membranophone [6-7], percussion [1, 9]
• Jeff Carlisi
  associate [2-4], co [5-8, 10-11], electric guitar [1, 9], guitar [2-5, 8, 10-11, 14-15, 17], guitar family [6-7], slide guitar [1, 9]
• Jerry Peterson
  additional [14-15], saxophone [14-15]
• Jim Barnes
  harp [8]
• Jim Vallance
  additional [14-15], drums (drum set) [14-15], producer [16]
• Keith Olsen
  engineer [14-15], producer [14-15]
• Larry Junstrom
  bass [1, 5-11, 14-15, 17], bass guitar [2-4], guitar [1, 9]
• Lon Price
  additional [14-15], saxophone [14-15]
• Lu Moss
  additional [10-11], background vocals [10-11]
• Max Carl
  keyboard [17], vocal [17]
• Mike Cichowicz
  additional [14-15], trumpet [14-15]
• Mike Porcaro
  additional [14-15], bass [14-15]
• Nick Lane
  additional [14-15], trombone [14-15]
• Robert White Johnson
  background vocals [17], percussion [17]
• Rodney Mills
  engineer [1-11, 17], mix [17], producer [1-11, 13, 17]
• Steve Brookins
  drums (drum set) [1-5, 8-11, 14-15], membranophone [6-7], percussion [1, 9]
• Steve McRay
  additional [10-11], keyboard [7, 10-11]
• Terry Emery
  additional [9], piano [9]
• The “Noise Gator” Horns
  brass [17]
• Thom Kidd
  assistant [17]
• Tim Critch
  assistant [16]
• Tom Kelly
  additional [14-15], background vocals [14-15]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of the A&M Years (1977–1988)

  CD
  29 April 2003
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  The Very Best of the A&M Years (1977–1988)

  CD (BMG Direct)
  2003
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  The Very Best of the A&M Years (1977–1988)

  Digital Media
  15 December 2009