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The Definitive Collection is a compilation album by American musician Edgar Winter, released on 3 June 2016, [1] and includes tracks from The Edgar Winter Group and Edgar Winter's White Trash days. It is a re-packaging of the 2014 digital-only release The Essential Edgar Winter. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| PopMatters |   [3] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic believes The Definitive Collection "surpasses any previous Edgar Winter collection by providing 30 tracks recorded between 1972 and 1981." [2]
PopMatters says "The Definitive Collection takes great efforts to improve on greatest hits packages of yore by putting literally everything in one place, going through his discography in chronological order and cherry-picking hits and quirks along the way, doing what it can to best concise packages". [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tobacco Road" | John D. Loudermilk | Entrance (1970) | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Entrance" | Entrance (1970) | 3:31 | |
| 3. | "Hung Up" |
| Entrance (1970) | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Where Have You Gone" |
| Entrance (1970) | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Give It Everything You Got" |
| Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971) | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Dying to Live" | E. Winter | Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971) | 4:02 |
| 7. | "Keep Playin' That Rock 'n' Roll" | E. Winter | Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971) | 3:44 |
| 8. | "Fly Away" |
| Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971) | 3:00 |
| 9. | "You Were My Light" | E. Winter | Edgar Winter's White Trash (1971) | 4:58 |
| 10. | "Save the Planet" (Live) |
| Roadwork (1972) | 7:38 |
| 11. | "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" (Live) | Rick Derringer | Roadwork (1972) | 5:43 |
| 12. | "Free Ride" | Dan Hartman | They Only Come Out at Night (1972) | 3:08 |
| 13. | "Round & Round" | E. Winter | They Only Come Out at Night (1972) | 4:00 |
| 14. | "Alta Mira" |
| They Only Come Out at Night (1972) | 3:18 |
| 15. | "We All Had a Real Good Time" | E. Winter | They Only Come Out at Night (1972) | 3:05 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length |
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| 1. | "Frankenstein" | E. Winter | They Only Come Out at Night (1972) | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Some Kinda Animal" | D. Hartman | Shock Treatment (1974) | 3:07 |
| 3. | "Someone Take My Heart Away" | E. Winter | Shock Treatment (1974) | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Easy Street" | D. Hartman | Shock Treatment (1974) | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Animal" | E. Winter | Shock Treatment (1974) | 4:54 |
| 6. | "River's Risin'" | D. Hartman | Shock Treatment (1974) | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Chainsaw" | E. Winter | The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer (1975) | 3:15 |
| 8. | "Good Shot" | E. Winter | The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer (1975) | 3:40 |
| 9. | "Hello Mellow Feelin'" | E. Winter | Jasmine Nightdreams (1975) | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Keep on Burnin'" | E. Winter | Jasmine Nightdreams (1975) | 4:14 |
| 11. | "Solar Strut" | E. Winter | Jasmine Nightdreams (1975) | 5:10 |
| 12. | "Rock & Roll Medley" (Live with Johnny Winter) |
| Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live (1976) | 6:05 |
| 13. | "Stickin' It Out" | E. Winter | Recycled (1977) | 5:11 |
| 14. | "It's Your Life to Live" | E. Winter | The Edgar Winter Album (1979) | 5:30 |
| 15. | "Tomorrowland" | E. Winter | Standing On Rock (1981) | 4:03 |
| Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2014 [4] | Real Gone Music [5] | Digital download |
| June 3, 2016 | Real Gone | CD |
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