Ultimate Waylon Jennings

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Ultimate Waylon Jennings
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ReleasedMarch 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)
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Length66:44
Label RCA Nashville
Waylon Jennings chronology
Waylon Live: The Expanded Edition
(2003)
Ultimate Waylon Jennings
(2004)
The Complete MCA Recordings
(2004)
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Ultimate Waylon Jennings is a compilation album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released by RCA Nashville on March 23, 2004. The album peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [2] The album has sold 754,000 copies in the United States as of October 2017. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" Jimmy Bryant 2:21
2."The Taker" Kris Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein 2:22
3."This Time"Waylon Jennings2:26
4."I'm a Ramblin' Man" Ray Pennington 2:48
5."Rainy Day Woman"Jennings2:31
6."Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"Jennings2:55
7."Good Hearted Woman" (with Willie Nelson [live vers.])Jennings, Willie Nelson2:58
8."Are You Ready for the Country" Neil Young 3:11
9."Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman 3:20
10."Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (with Willie Nelson) Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce 2:33
11."I've Always Been Crazy"Jennings4:13
12."Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand"Jennings2:58
13."Amanda" Bob McDill 2:59
14."Come with Me"Chuck Howard3:02
15."I Ain't Living Long Like This" Rodney Crowell 4:46
16."Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"Jennings2:08
17."Just to Satisfy You" (with Willie Nelson) Don Bowman, Jennings2:49
18."Women Do Know How to Carry On"Emmons, Jennings3:18
19."I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)"McDill3:01
20."America" Sammy Johns 3:45
21."Highwayman" (The Highwaymen) Jimmy Webb 3:03
22."Rose in Paradise"Stewart Harris, Jim McBride3:17

Chart performance

Chart (2004)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums16
U.S. Billboard 200139

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References

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  3. Bjorke, Matt (October 9, 2019). "Top Country Catalog Album Sales: October 9, 2019". RoughStock. Retrieved October 15, 2019.