Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks

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Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJune 1, 2010 (2010-06-01)
Recorded1997–2006
Genre Country, bluegrass, country pop, alternative country
Length48:03
Label Legacy, Columbia Nashville
Dixie Chicks chronology
Taking the Long Way
(2006)
Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks
(2010)
The Essential Dixie Chicks
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks is the greatest hits album from American country band the Dixie Chicks. The album consists of twelve songs personally selected by the Dixie Chicks from their fourth through seventh studio albums. [3] It was released in the United States on June 1, 2010. [4] The group supported the album by touring with The Eagles in 2010. [5] [6] It is a part of Sony BMG's Playlist series. It was also re-released on Sony's midprice sub-label Camden entitled Wide Open Spaces: The Collection in 2012.

Contents

Critical reception

Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks received four stars out of five from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic. Erlewine wrote that "the tracks are sharply selected, making for a good, representative compilation if not quite a definitive one." [1] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the compilation three and a half stars out of five, calling it "a great representation of who they are as artists" while adding "it will also have to serve as a placeholder for chicks fans until their label does eventually get around to releasing a career-spanning ‘greatest hits’ record." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Wide Open Spaces" Susan Gibson 1998 - Wide Open Spaces3:43
2."You Were Mine" Emily Robison, Martie Maguire 1998 - Wide Open Spaces3:37
3."Sin Wagon" Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Stephony Smith1999 - Fly3:37
4."Cowboy Take Me Away"Maguire, Marcus Hummon 1999 - Fly4:47
5."Let Him Fly" Patty Griffin 1999 - Fly3:08
6."Long Time Gone" Darrell Scott 2002 - Home4:07
7."Landslide" Stevie Nicks 2002 - Home3:48
8."Truth No. 2"Griffin2002 - Home4:27
9."The Long Way Around"Maguire, Maines, Robison, Dan Wilson 2006 - Taking the Long Way4:33
10."Easy Silence"Maguire, Maines, Robison, Wilson2006 - Taking the Long Way4:02
11."Not Ready to Make Nice"Maguire, Maines, Robison, Wilson2006 - Taking the Long Way3:58
12."Lubbock or Leave It" Mike Campbell, Maguire, Maines, Robison2006 - Taking the Long Way3:54

Chart performance

Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of June 19, 2010 and number 165 on the Billboard 200. [7]

Chart (2010)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums27
U.S. Billboard 200115

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References

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