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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.

Track listing

  1. "Intro/Mr. Bojangles" * (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:03
    from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy 1970
  2. "Ripplin' Waters" * (Jimmy Ibbotson) – 5:46
    from Symphonion Dream 1975
  3. "American Dream" ** (Rodney Crowell) – 3:48
    from An American Dream 1979
  4. "Make A Little Magic" ** (Jeff Hanna, Richard Hathaway, Bob Carpenter) – 3:46
    from Make a Little Magic 1980
  5. "Fire in the Sky" ** (Hanna, Carpenter) – 4:40
    from Jealousy 1981
  6. "Dance Little Jean" *** (Jim Ibbotson) – 3:13
    from Let's Go 1983
  7. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) **** (Crowell) – 3:18
    from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984
  8. "High Horse" **** (Ibbotson) – 3:13
    from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984
  9. "Modern Day Romance" **** (Kix Brooks, Dan Tyler) – 3:30
    from Partners, Brothers and Friends 1985
  10. "Partners, Brothers and Friends" **** (Ibbotson, Hanna) – 3:59
    from Partners, Brothers and Friends.. 1985
  11. "Stand a Little Rain" **** (Don Schlitz, Donny Lowery) – 4:22 (Previously unreleased)

Chart positions

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

  • Bob Carpenter
  • Jimmie Fadden
  • Jeff Hanna
  • Jim Ibbotson
  • John McEuen

Production

Producer

  • * William E. McEuen
  • ** Jeff Hanna/Bob Edwards
  • *** Norbert Putnam
  • **** Marshall Morgan

Charts

References

All information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[5]

  1. ^ Mike DeGagne. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 249.
  3. ^ "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  5. ^ Twenty Years of Dirt, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Warner Bros. Records 9 25382-2 (1986) CD
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