The Very Best of Travis Tritt

• Artist: Travis Tritt
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• Release Date: January 30, 2007
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Country

Review

Warner Brothers teamed with Rhino for The Very Best of Travis Tritt, the most comprehensive single-disc compilation of the rough-edged country singer's greatest hits to date. The two labels had teamed up in 2002 for a fine pair of Tritt collections -- The Rockin' Side and The Lovin' Side, each of which includes 16 songs -- but it's nice to have an all-encompassing single-disc collection like this one, especially for casual fans who don't want to buy two separate CDs. The Very Best includes the primary highlights from Tritt's Warner Brothers catalog, which began with Country Club (1990) and concluded with No More Looking Over My Shoulder (1998). Furthermore, The Very Best includes a pair of songs from Down the Road I Go (2000), Tritt's debut album for Columbia: "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" and "Best of Intentions," which charted number two and one, respectively. Plus, there are a few non-album inclusions, namely "Take It Easy," from the Eagles tribute album Common Thread (1993); the "Single Version" of Steve Earle's "Sometimes She Forgets," from Greatest Hits: From the Beginning (1995); and "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)," from Marty Stuart's This One's Gonna Hurt You (1992). The only minor complaint is that The Very Best isn't sequenced chronologically. But at least the sequencing is logical, for the most part alternating uptempo songs with ballads. In the end, it's difficult to envision a better-compiled Warner Brothers-era single-disc collection of Tritt's music than The Very Best. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
It's a Great Day to Be Alive (Lyrics)	Darrell Scott	Travis Tritt	(4:02)
Take It Easy (Lyrics)	Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey	Travis Tritt	(3:33)
Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)	Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(2:33)
Anymore (Lyrics)	Jill Colucci, Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(3:47)
Country Club	Catesby Jones, Dennis Lord	Travis Tritt	(3:12)
Help Me Hold On (Lyrics)	Pat Terry, Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(4:02)
Where Corn Don't Grow (Lyrics)	Roger Murrah	Travis Tritt	(3:32)
Best of Intentions	Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(4:19)
I'm Gonna Be Somebody (Lyrics)	Jill Colucci, Stewart Harris	Travis Tritt	(4:06)
Can I Trust You with My Heart (Lyrics)	Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(3:34)
Foolish Pride	Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(4:21)
Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man (Lyrics)		Travis Tritt	(4:56)
Nothing Short of Dying (Lyrics)	Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(3:52)
More Than You'll Ever Know	Jill Colucci, Stewart Harris	Travis Tritt	(3:29)
Sometimes She Forgets [Single Version]		Travis Tritt	(3:48)
This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)	Marty Stuart	Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt	(3:30)
Tell Me I Was Dreaming [Single Version]	Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(3:46)
Drift Off to Dream [Edit]	Stewart Harris, Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt	(3:44)
The Whiskey Ain't Workin'	Ronny Scaife, Marty Stuart	Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart	(2:41)
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (Lyrics)	Jerry Chesnut	Travis Tritt	(3:01)

Credits

Becky Wagner (Product Manager), Billy Joe Walker, Jr. (Producer), Gregg Brown (Producer), Melinda Newman (Interviewer), Chuck Ainlay (Mixing), Don Was (Producer), Mimi Miraflor (A&R), Alessandra Quaranta (Photo Research), Travis Tritt (Audio Production), Travis Tritt (Producer), Richard Rodney Bennett (Producer), Steve Woolard (Discographical Annotation), Robert Grabowski (Photography), James Stroud (Producer), Alan Fletcher (Executive Producer), Alan Schulman (Engineer), Bobby Martinez (Photography), Travis Tritt (Liner Notes), Lisa Glines (Art Direction), Harrison McClary (Photography), Vanessa Atkins (Editorial Supervision), Gladys Sanchez (Project Assistant), Frank Ockenfels (Photography), Tony Brown (Producer), Paul Kennedy (A&R), Dan Hersch (Remastering), Lisa Glines (Design), Bill Inglot (Remastering)

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