| The Definitive Collection | |
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| Released | June 6, 2006 |
| Recorded | 1941-1966 |
| Genre | Country, honky tonk |
| Label | MCA Nashville |
The Definitive Collection is a compilation album by American country singer Ernest Tubb, released in 2006 (see 2006 in music). [1] The album includes duets with Red Foley and Loretta Lynn.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
In his Allmusic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, "Given the length of Tubb's career, there are certainly plenty of charting hits and terrific music that didn't make the cut, but this has the great majority of his biggest and best hits, making this the best single-disc Tubb collection yet released..."
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