The Very Best of Randy Travis

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The Very Best of Randy Travis
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ReleasedAugust 3, 2004 (2004-08-03)
Genre Country
Length1:04:22
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Randy Travis chronology
Worship & Faith
(2003)
The Very Best of Randy Travis
(2004)
Passing Through
(2004)
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The Very Best of Randy Travis is a compilation album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in 2004 via Warner Bros. Records. It includes nineteen of Travis' singles from ten previous albums, as well as one non-single "I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk" from his 1991 album High Lonesome . The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Diggin' Up Bones"Al Gore, Paul Overstreet, Nat Stuckey 3:01
2."On the Other Hand"Overstreet, Don Schlitz 3:07
3."Forever and Ever, Amen"Overstreet, Schlitz3:33
4."Too Gone Too Long"Gene Pistilli2:26
5."I Told You So"Randy Travis3:40
6."I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals 3:10
7."Honky Tonk Moon"Dennis O'Rourke2:49
8."Deeper Than the Holler"Overstreet, Schlitz3:38
9."Is It Still Over?"Ken Bell, Larry Henley 3:11
10."It's Just a Matter of Time" Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis 3:56
11."Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" Hugh Prestwood 3:57
12."He Walked on Water" Allen Shamblin 3:25
13."Heroes and Friends"Schlitz, Travis3:15
14."Forever Together"Travis, Alan Jackson 3:06
15."Better Class of Losers"Travis, Jackson2:40
16."I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk"Schlitz, Travis2:41
17."If I Didn't Have You" Skip Ewing, Barnes3:06
18."Look Heart, No Hands" Trey Bruce, Russell Smith 3:11
19."Whisper My Name"Bruce3:09
20."Three Wooden Crosses"Kim Williams, Doug Johnson3:21

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