100 Essential Tracks: Country Hits
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2009
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Distant DrumsJim Reeves2:54
- 2I’ve Been EverywhereHank Snow2:48
- 3Please Help Me (I’m Falling)Hank Locklin2:24
- 4Saginaw MichiganLefty Frizzell3:04
- 516 TonsTennessee Ernie Ford2:384.6 ★
- 6Right or WrongWanda Jackson2:38
- 7WheelsChet Atkins2:31
- 8Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean3:03
- 9Once a DayConnie Smith2:19
- 10Here Comes My BabyDottie West2:36
- 11Last DateFloyd Cramer2:47
- 12No ChargeMelba Montgomery3:14
- 13Happy AnniversarySlim Whitman2:35
- 14B.J the D.J.Stonewall Jackson2:49
- 15The Ballad of Jed ClampettLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:05
- 16Till I Can Make It on My OwnTammy Wynette3:04
- 17Big IronMarty Robbins3:595.0 ★
- 18The End of the WorldSkeeter Davis2:39
- 19Make the World Go AwayEddy Arnold2:415.0 ★
- 20RawhideFrankie Laine2:00
- CD 2
- 1Coward of the CountryKenny Rogers4:234.0 ★
- 2Big RiverJohnny Cash2:19
- 3Sea of HeartbreakDon Gibson2:33
- 4Rose GardenLynn Anderson2:55
- 5A Fool Such as IElvis Presley2:362.8 ★
- 6500 MilesBobby Bare2:44
- 7Crystal ChandeliersCharley Pride2:50
- 8Always on My MindWillie Nelson3:33
- 9The Danger of a StrangerStella Parton2:35
- 10Just as Long as I Have YouDon Williams3:21
- 11Behind Closed DoorsCharlie Rich2:56
- 12Ode to Billy JoeBobbie Gentry4:15
- 13Streets of BakersfieldBuck Owens2:50
- 14AbelineGeorge Hamilton IV2:14
- 15The Last Country SongTom T. Hall2:16
- 16I’ve Always Been CrazyWaylon Jennings4:14
- 17I’m Not LisaJessi Colter3:23
- 18Mr BojanglesJerry Jeff Walker3:59
- 19A Good Year for the RosesGeorge Jones3:04
- 20The First Time Ever I Saw Your FaceVern Gosdin4:56
- CD 3
- 1Take Me Home Country RoadsJohn Denver3:14
- 2I Love a Rainy NightEddie Rabbitt3:11
- 3Help Me Make It Through the NightKris Kristofferson2:174.5 ★
- 4Honey Come BackGlen Campbell2:57
- 5SnowbirdAnne Murray2:12
- 6L.A. FreewayGuy Clark4:58
- 7Talkin in Your SleepCrystal Gayle2:562.0 ★
- 8Pancho and LeftyMerle Haggard4:49
- 9HighwaymanThe Highwaymen3:044.5 ★
- 10Take This Job and Shove ItJohnny Paycheck2:38
- 11I’ll Still Be Loving YouRestless Heart4:19
- 12Smokey Mountain RainRonnie Milsap3:46
- 13Warfaring StrangerMandy Barnett4:02
- 14Now I KnowLari White4:34
- 15Something in RedLorrie Morgan4:404.0 ★
- 16You’re GoneDiamond Rio4:025.0 ★
- 17She Took It Like a ManConfederate Railroad2:49
- 18NobodySylvia3:21
- 19True Love WaysMickey Gilley2:57
- 20I Will Always Love YouDolly Parton3:053.0 ★
- CD 4
- 1Tonight the Heartache’s on MeJoy Lynn White2:57
- 2Remember WhenAlan Jackson4:333.6 ★
- 3Crazy Little Thing Called LoveDwight Yoakam2:235.0 ★
- 4Love Letters From Old MexicoLeslie Satcher4:02
- 5Like the RainClint Black4:24
- 6Born CountryAlabama3:20
- 7Run for the RosesDan Fogelberg4:225.0 ★
- 8Silver MoonMichael Nesmith3:11
- 9Blue BayouLinda Ronstadt3:584.2 ★
- 10Streets of BaltimoreGram Parsons2:53
- 11Angel of the MorningJuice Newton4:124.4 ★
- 12Still Learning How to FlyRodney Crowell4:12
- 13Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go DowntownJimmie Dale Gilmore2:54
- 14If I Were YouCollin Raye2:53
- 15Do YaK.T. Oslin4:06
- 16Runaway TrainRosanne Cash4:02
- 17Unbreakable HeartCarlene Carter3:425.0 ★
- 18Ghost in This HouseShenandoah3:385.0 ★
- 19When You Say Nothing at AllKeith Whiteley3:444.4 ★
- 20Forever and Ever AmenRandy Travis3:324.6 ★
- CD 5
- 1Redneck WomanGretchen Wilson3:415.0 ★
- 2AmazedLonestar4:022.5 ★
- 3Oh RomeoMindy McCready4:17
- 4Just Call Me LonesomeRadney Foster3:13
- 5Lucky in LoveSherrié Austin3:30
- 6AustinBlake Shelton3:513.0 ★
- 7Shut Up and Kiss MeMary Chapin Carpenter3:43
- 8I Lost ItKenny Chesney3:552.5 ★
- 9How Long GoneBrooks & Dunn3:423.0 ★
- 10Born to FlySara Evans5:373.4 ★
- 11Still in Love With YouTravis Tritt3:24
- 12Broken WingMartina McBride3:38
- 13KeroseneMiranda Lambert3:074.4 ★
- 14Spilled PerfumePam Tillis3:54
- 15I SwearJohn Michael Montgomery4:275.0 ★
- 16You Don’t Even Know Who I AmPatty Loveless4:07
- 17Tell It Like It IsBilly Joe Royal2:59
- 18Crying My Heart Out Over YouRicky Skaggs3:01
- 19Sand and WaterBeth Nielsen Chapman4:10
- 20Jesus Take the WheelCarrie Underwood3:452.6 ★
Release credits
- arranger [4], conductor [4], producer [4]
- pedal steel guitar [7]
- background vocals [20]
- mix [1], recording [1]
- acoustic guitar [20]
- engineer [1]
- bass [5]
- keyboard [9]
- acoustic guitar [5]
- keyboard [9]
- acoustic guitar [20], electric guitar [20]
- drums (drum set) [5]
- background vocals [13]
- lead vocals [17]
- drums (drum set) [13]
- arranger [11]
- trumpet [5]
- guitar [5], producer [1]
- background vocals [9], engineer [9], guitar [9], producer [9]
- assistant [20]
- drums (drum set) [5]
- steel guitar [9]
- background vocals [7], bass [7], lead vocals [7], piano [7], producer [7]
- producer [2]
- bass clarinet [5]
- engineer [9]
- bass guitar [20]
- keyboard [20]
- background vocals [20]
- background vocals [20]
- mix [20], recording [20]
- background vocals [20]
- electric piano [9]
- background vocals [9]
- producer [17]
- pedal steel guitar [20]
- guitar [5], lead vocals [5]
- percussion [13, 20]
- piano [5]
- producer [13]
- producer [3]
- drums (drum set) [9]
- trombone [5]
- lead vocals [4]
- bass guitar [13]
- guitar [5]
- fiddle [13]
- background vocals [20]
- producer [17]
- electric guitar [20]
- arranger [5], conductor [5]
- bass guitar [20]
- drums (drum set) [20]
- guitar [13]
- harmonica [20]
- resonator guitar [20]
- engineer [1]
- harmonica [7]
- bass guitar [20]
- bass [9]
- engineer [20]
- recording [11]
- recording [4]
- engineer [17]
- producer [1]
- keyboard [13]
- associate [1]
- background vocals [9], performer [9], vocal [9]
- background vocals [9], guitar [9]
- cello [20], double bass [20], mandolin [20], octave mandolin [20], strings [20], viola [20], violin [20]
- background vocals [20]
- assistant [9]
- background vocals [9], bass guitar [9], mandolin [9]
- lead vocals [1]
- background vocals [9], guitar [9], performer [9], vocal [3, 9]
- producer [20]
- producer [1]
- acoustic guitar [20]
- assistant [9]
- drums (drum set) [20]
- lead vocals [9]
- background vocals [20]
- drums (drum set) [20]
- assistant [1]
- background vocals [13]
- producer [20]
- acoustic guitar [20]
- assistant [9]
- fiddle [20]
- producer [1]
- engineer [7], mix [7], producer [7]
- mandolin [9]
- mix [11]
- harmonica [9]
- assistant [20]
- steel guitar [20]
- bass [9]
- task [20]
- background vocals [13], banjo [13], guitar [13], keyboard [13], producer [13]
- background vocals [13], lead vocals [13]
- background vocals [13]
- assistant [20]
- associate [11]
- background vocals [9], guitar [9], keyboard [9]
- percussion [20]
- assistant [1]
- background vocals [20]
- recording [4]
- producer [9]
- guitar [13], mandolin [13]
- clarinet [5]
- guitar [13]
- producer [11]
- cowbell [9], drums (drum set) [9], electronic drum set [9]
- double bass [5]
- drums (drum set) [5]
- acoustic guitar [20]
- drums (drum set) [7]
- steel guitar [13]
- background vocals [20]
- marimba [9]
- acoustic guitar [20], electric guitar [20]
- additional [1]
- keyboard [20]
- finger snaps [5], lead vocals [5]
- harmonica [20], percussion [20]
- additional [5], vocal [5]
- additional [1]
- electric guitar [20]
- engineer [3]
- mix [9], recording [9]
- acoustic guitar [9]
- background vocals [9], guitar [9], performer [9], vocal [9]
- background vocals [20]
- background vocals [9], guitar [9], performer [9], vocal [9]
Issues
12009