The Very Best of Travis Tritt

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The Very Best of Travis Tritt
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Greatest hits album by
Travis Tritt
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2007
GenreCountry
Length1:17:28
LabelRhino
ProducerVarious
Travis Tritt chronology
My Honky Tonk History
(2004) 		The Very Best of Travis Tritt
(2007) 		The Storm
(2007)

The Very Best of Travis Tritt is the title of a compilation album released in 2007 by American country music singer Travis Tritt. It features 19 hits from his first several studio albums, as well as his rendition of the Eagles hit "Take It Easy", which he recorded in 1993 for Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles. The album itself reached #21 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's a Great Day to Be Alive"Darrell Scott4:02
2."Take It Easy"Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey3:32
3."Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"Travis Tritt2:33
4."Anymore"Tritt, Jill Colucci3:47
5."Country Club"Dennis Lord, Catesby Jones3:12
6."Help Me Hold On"Tritt, Pat Terry4:02
7."Where Corn Don't Grow"Roger Murrah, Mark Alan Springer3:32
8."Best of Intentions"Tritt4:19
9."I'm Gonna Be Somebody"Colucci, Stewart Harris4:06
10."Can I Trust You With My Heart"Harris, Tritt3:34
11."Foolish Pride"Tritt4:21
12."Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"Kostas4:56
13."Nothing Short of Dying"Tritt3:52
14."More Than You'll Ever Know"Tritt3:29
15."Sometimes She Forgets"Steve Earle3:48
16."This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (duet with Marty Stuart)Marty Stuart3:30
17."Tell Me I Was Dreaming"Tritt, Bruce Ray Brown3:46
18."Drift Off to Dream"Tritt, Harris3:44
19."The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (duet with Marty Stuart)Stuart, Ronny Scaife2:41
20."T-R-O-U-B-L-E"Jerry Chesnut3:01

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com5/5 stars[1]
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[2]
Country Weekly(favorable)[3]

The Very Best of Travis Tritt received four-and-a-half stars from Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic. Birchmeier's review states that "it's difficult to envision a better-compiled Warner Brothers-era single-disc collection of Tritt's music."[2] Jolene Downs of About.com gave the album five stars and says that the album "showcases Tritt's incredible talents not only as a songwriter but as a very versatile vocalist."[1]

Chart performance[]

The Very Best of Travis Tritt peaked at number 21 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 124 on the Billboard 200.[4] As of April 2015, The Very Best of Travis Tritt has sold 506,100 copies in the United States.[5]

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 124
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 21

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Downs, Jolene. "Travis Tritt - The Very Best of Travis Tritt". About.com. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Birchmeier, Jason. "The Very Best of Travis Tritt - Travis Tritt". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. ^ "The Very Best of Travis Tritt". Country Weekly. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Chart listing for The Very Best of Travis Tritt". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. ^ Matt Bjorke (April 22, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report For April 22, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
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