Essential Country
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 6 August 2010
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1I Walk the LineJohnny Cash2:44
- 2Distant DrumsJim Reeves2:51
- 3She Thinks I Still CareGeorge Jones2:49
- 4CryingRoy Orbison2:474.6 ★
- 5Once a DayConnie Smith2:204.0 ★
- 6The End of the WorldSkeeter Davis2:384.2 ★
- 7AbileneGeorge Hamilton IV2:13
- 8Please Help Me, I’m FallingHank Locklin2:22
- 9Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean3:024.0 ★
- 10Here Comes My BabyDottie West2:34
- 11Make the World Go AwayEddy Arnold2:395.0 ★
- 12Devil WomanMarty Robbins2:53
- 13500 Miles Away From HomeBobby Bare2:433.5 ★
- 14High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)Frankie Laine2:40
- 15I Love You MostlyLefty Frizzell2:31
- 16Oh Lonesome MeDon Gibson2:304.0 ★
- 17Yakety AxeChet Atkins3:252.6 ★
- 18Foggy Mountain BreakdownLester Flatt2:23
- 19I’m Movin’ OnHank Snow2:43
- 20A Hundred Years From NowElvis Presley1:42
- CD 2
- 1JoleneDolly Parton2:424.4 ★
- 2Stand by Your ManTammy Wynette2:393.8 ★
- 3Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’Charley Pride2:024.2 ★
- 4That’s the Way Love GoesMerle Haggard3:014.0 ★
- 5Any Day NowRonnie Milsap3:40
- 6Run for the RosesDan Fogelberg4:155.0 ★
- 7I Couldn’t Leave You If I TriedRodney Crowell3:17
- 8Come Next MondayK.T. Oslin3:16
- 9Seven Year AcheRosanne Cash3:48
- 10Delta DawnTanya Tucker2:534.5 ★
- 11Rose GardenLynn Anderson2:52
- 12Me and Bobby GeeKris Kristofferson4:15
- 13The Most Beautiful GirlCharlie Rich2:414.4 ★
- 14I Can HelpBilly Swan3:594.4 ★
- 15Desperados Waiting for a TrainGuy Clark4:30
- 16The Devil Went Down to GeorgiaCharlie Daniels3:354.7 ★
- 173:284.0 ★
- 18Take This Job and Shove ItJohnny Paycheck2:384.0 ★
- 19Are You Sure Hank Done It This WayWaylon Jennings2:544.4 ★
- 20Always on My MindWillie Nelson3:30
- CD 3
- 1Before He CheatsCarrie Underwood3:203.9 ★
- 2It’s Five O’Clock SomewhereAlan Jackson3:514.0 ★
- 3High CottonAlabama3:014.0 ★
- 4Cowgirls Don’t CryBrooks & Dunn3:353.0 ★
- 5Gunpowder & LeadMiranda Lambert3:124.1 ★
- 6Born to FlySara Evans5:353.4 ★
- 7Redneck WomanGretchen Wilson3:365.0 ★
- 8Now I KnowLari White4:32
- 9Don’t BlinkKenny Chesney4:135.0 ★
- 10A Good Run of Bad LuckClint Black2:434.0 ★
- 11If I Were You (and She Were Mine)Collin Raye2:51
- 12Meet in the MiddleDiamond Rio3:184.0 ★
- 13What Part of NoLorrie Morgan2:443.0 ★
- 14Put Yourself in My PlacePam Tillis2:49
- 15Here I AmPatty Loveless3:03
- 16AmazedLonestar4:002.5 ★
- 17Tonight the Heartache’s on MeJoy Lynn White2:54
- 18He Thinks He’ll Keep HerMary Chapin Carpenter4:03
- 19Line Dance PartyThe Woolpackers2:39
- 20Wild AngelsMartina McBride3:454.0 ★
Release credits
- pedal steel guitar [6]
- vocal [2]
- drums (drum set) [18]
- mix [7], recording [7]
- Hammond organ [18]
- strings [13]
- engineer [6]
- mix [17]
- guitar [19]
- producer [2, 10, 13]
- producer [14]
- mix [18], recording [18]
- producer [1]
- bass [18]
- double bass [4]
- bass [1]
- banjo [1]
- guitar [4]
- electric guitar [2]
- acoustic guitar [2]
- acoustic guitar [1]
- banjo [1]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- piano [19]
- fiddle [16], lead vocals [16]
- bass guitar [16]
- lead vocals [13], vocal [13]
- producer [2, 6, 13]
- electric guitar [14], engineer [14], producer [14]
- assistant [1]
- background vocals [6], bass [6], lead vocals [6], piano [6], producer [6]
- producer [16]
- guitar [1]
- assistant [16]
- mix [1], recording [1]
- guitar [1], vocal [1]
- background vocals [1]
- bass [19]
- drums (drum set) [2]
- percussion [1-2]
- assistant [16]
- piano [4]
- producer [5]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- producer [4]
- bass [2]
- producer [17]
- piano [2.1, 3.2]
- guitar [4]
- drums (drum set) [14]
- background vocals [1]
- electric guitar [1]
- producer [3, 19]
- engineer [2]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- harmonica [6]
- bass guitar [1]
- guest [2], performer [2], vocal [2]
- electric guitar [1]
- background vocals [1]
- producer [7]
- keyboard [16]
- producer [16]
- background vocals [18], guitar [18], producer [18]
- guitar [18]
- associate [7]
- background vocals [2]
- acoustic guitar [14]
- fiddle [1]
- fiddle [1]
- background vocals [1]
- producer [2]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- recording [19]
- background vocals [1]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- recording [13]
- assistant [7]
- fiddle [1]
- producer [1]
- producer [17]
- producer [7]
- additional [18]
- engineer [6], mix [6], producer [6]
- acoustic guitar [18], background vocals [18], producer [18]
- piano [18]
- assistant [1]
- producer [17]
- steel guitar [1]
- bass [14]
- producer [5]
- lead vocals [5]
- assistant [1]
- associate [17]
- steel guitar [2]
- engineer [16], mix [16], recording [16]
- assistant [7]
- instrument [14]
- steel guitar [19]
- electric guitar [14]
- drums (drum set) [19]
- producer [7]
- vocal [4]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- guitar [4]
- vocal [6]
- assistant [16]
- additional [7]
- keyboard [1]
- steel guitar [1]
- fiddle [2]
- lead vocals [2]
- background vocals [10]
- background vocals [10, 13]
- assistant [18]
- additional [7]
- electric guitar [1]
- background vocals [16], guitar [16]
- engineer [1]
- producer [7]
- guitar [19], lead vocals [19], producer [19]
- background vocals [1]
Issues
- E3x CD6 August 2010