Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn

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Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedDecember 2, 2008
Genre Country
Length57:59
Label Arista
Producer Various
Brooks & Dunn chronology
Cowboy Town
(2007)
Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn
(2008)
#1s… and Then Some
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn is a 2008 compilation album by Brooks & Dunn. It is part of a series of similar Playlist albums issued by Sony BMG, the parent company of Brooks & Dunn's label, Arista Nashville. The album features 10 of Brooks & Dunn's singles. "Best of My Love" was originally included on Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles , "Against the Wind" on the King of the Hill soundtrack and "I Ain't Living Long Like This" on I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings, while "The Fightin' Side of Me" was previously unissued. "Only in America" is a live performance from Farm Aid 2003.

Contents

Critical reception

Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn received three out of five stars from InMusic. The author wrote that "this greatest hits compilation is filled with the Brooks & Dunn tracks that have made the country duo a staple among new country enthusiasts." [1]

Commercial performance

Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn peaked at No. 48 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of January 24, 2009. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Boot Scootin' Boogie" Ronnie Dunn 3:19
2."Lost and Found" Kix Brooks, Don Cook 3:48
3."Hard Workin' Man"Dunn2:58
4."Best of My Love" Glenn Frey, Don Henley, J. D. Souther 4:37
5."That Ain't No Way to Go"Brooks, Dunn, Cook3:37
6."You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"Brooks, Dunn, Cook4:51
7."My Maria" B.W. Stevenson, Daniel Moore 3:29
8."Against the Wind" Bob Seger 4:59
9."Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" Tom Shapiro, Rivers Rutherford 3:37
10."My Heart Is Lost to You" Brett Beavers, Connie Harrington3:00
11."I Ain't Living Long Like This" Rodney Crowell 4:27
12."You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" Bob DiPiero, Bart Allmand3:43
13."Only in America"Brooks, Ronnie Rogers, Cook5:00
14."The Fightin' Side of Me" Merle Haggard 4:02

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 48

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References

  1. 1 2 "Brooks & Dunn – Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn". InMusic . Retrieved August 31, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Chart listing for Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn". Billboard . Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  3. "Brooks-dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.