Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn is a 2008 compilation album by Brooks & Dunn. It is part of a series of similar Playlist albums issued by Sony BMG, the parent company of Brooks & Dunn's label, Arista Nashville. The album features 10 of Brooks & Dunn's singles. "Best of My Love" was originally included on Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, "Against the Wind" on the King of the Hill soundtrack and "I Ain't Living Long Like This" on I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings, while "The Fightin' Side of Me" was previously unissued. "Only in America" is a live performance from Farm Aid 2003.
| Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | December 2, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 57:59 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
| Brooks & Dunn chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| InMusic |   [1] |
Critical reception
editPlaylist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn received three out of five stars from InMusic. The author wrote that "this greatest hits compilation is filled with the Brooks & Dunn tracks that have made the country duo a staple among new country enthusiasts."[1]
Commercial performance
editPlaylist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn peaked at No. 48 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the week of January 24, 2009.[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Boot Scootin' Boogie" | Ronnie Dunn | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Lost and Found" | Kix Brooks, Don Cook | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Hard Workin' Man" | Dunn | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Best of My Love" | Glenn Frey, Don Henley, JD Souther | 4:37 |
| 5. | "That Ain't No Way to Go" | Brooks, Dunn, Cook | 3:37 |
| 6. | "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" | Brooks, Dunn, Cook | 4:51 |
| 7. | "My Maria" | B.W. Stevenson, Daniel Moore | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Against the Wind" | Bob Seger | 4:59 |
| 9. | "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" | Tom Shapiro, Rivers Rutherford | 3:37 |
| 10. | "My Heart Is Lost to You" | Brett Beavers, Connie Harrington | 3:00 |
| 11. | "I Ain't Living Long Like This" | Rodney Crowell | 4:27 |
| 12. | "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" | Bob DiPiero, Bart Allmand | 3:43 |
| 13. | "Only in America" | Brooks, Ronnie Rogers, Cook | 5:00 |
| 14. | "The Fightin' Side of Me" | Merle Haggard | 4:02 |
Charts
edit| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] | 48 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[4] | Gold | 35,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ a b "Brooks & Dunn – Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn". InMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Chart listing for Playlist: The Very Best of Brooks & Dunn". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ "Brooks-dunn Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved August 14, 2024.