Twenty Years of Dirt, subtitled The Best of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is the second compilation album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It is a collection of hits from their career to that point. The album contained one new song, "Stand a Little Rain", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2] The album reached 10 on the US Country charts and was certified platinum.
| Twenty Years of Dirt | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Producer | William E. McEuen, Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards, Norbert Putnam, Marshall Morgan | |||
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
edit- "Intro/Mr. Bojangles" * (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:03
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy 1970 - "Ripplin' Waters" * (Jimmy Ibbotson) – 5:46
from Symphonion Dream 1975 - "American Dream" ** (Rodney Crowell) – 3:48
from An American Dream 1979 - "Make A Little Magic" ** (Jeff Hanna, Richard Hathaway, Bob Carpenter) – 3:46
from Make a Little Magic 1980 - "Fire in the Sky" ** (Hanna, Carpenter) – 4:40
from Jealousy 1981 - "Dance Little Jean" *** (Jim Ibbotson) – 3:13
from Let's Go 1983 - "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) **** (Crowell) – 3:18
from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984 - "High Horse" **** (Ibbotson) – 3:13
from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984 - "Modern Day Romance" **** (Kix Brooks, Dan Tyler) – 3:30
from Partners, Brothers and Friends 1985 - "Partners, Brothers and Friends" **** (Ibbotson, Hanna) – 3:59
from Partners, Brothers and Friends.. 1985 - "Stand a Little Rain" **** (Don Schlitz, Donny Lowery) – 4:22 (Previously unreleased)
Chart positions
edit| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1970 | "Mr. Bojangles" | — | 9 | — | 2 | Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy |
| 1975 | "Ripplin' Waters" | — | — | — | — | Symphonion Dream |
| 1980 | "An American Dream" (as The Dirt Band) | 58 | 13 | — | 3 | An American Dream |
| 1980 | "Make a Little Magic" (as The Dirt Band)A | 77 | 25 | 63 | 51 | Make a Little Magic |
| 1981/1986 | "Fire in the Sky" | 7 | 76 | 5 | — | Jealousy |
| 1983 | "Dance Little Jean" | 9 | — | 39 | — | Let's Go |
| 1984 | "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" | 1 | — | 2 | — | Plain Dirt Fashion |
| 1985 | "High Horse" | 2 | — | 2 | — | Plain Dirt Fashion |
| 1986 | "Modern Day Romance" | 1 | — | 2 | — | Partners, Brothers and Friends |
| 1986 | "Partners, Brothers and Friends" | 6 | — | 3 | — | Partners, Brothers and Friends |
| 1986 | "Stand a Little Rain" | 5 | — | 3 | — | Twenty Years of Dirt |
Personnel
edit- Bob Carpenter
- Jimmie Fadden
- Jeff Hanna
- Jim Ibbotson
- John McEuen
Production
editProducer
- * William E. McEuen
- ** Jeff Hanna/Bob Edwards
- *** Norbert Putnam
- **** Marshall Morgan
Charts
editReferences
editAll information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[5]
- ^ Mike DeGagne. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 249.
- ^ "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ Twenty Years of Dirt, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Warner Bros. Records 9 25382-2 (1986) CD