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2007 greatest hits album by Tracy Lawrence
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The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence is a 2007 compilation album by country music artist
Tracy Lawrence . It is his third greatest-hits album. This compilation comprises 21 of his top ten singles, arranged in chronological order, from his 1991 debut "Sticks and Stones" to 2003's "Paint Me a Birmingham". Of the songs on this album, only the 1994 single "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" (from the
soundtrack to the 1994 film
Maverick ) was not previously included on one of Lawrence's studio releases. The album has sold 348,900 copies in the United States as of April 2017.
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Track listing
"
Sticks and Stones " (Roger Dillon,
Elbert West ) - 3:36
"
Today's Lonely Fool " (
Kenny Beard , Stan Paul Davis) - 3:49
"
Runnin' Behind " (
Mark D. Sanders ,
Ed Hill ) - 2:53
"
Somebody Paints the Wall " (Tommy Smith, Charles Browder,
Elroy Kahanek , Nelson Larkin) - 3:15
"
Alibis " (
Randy Boudreaux ) - 3:02
"
Can't Break It to My Heart " (Tracy Lawrence, Kirk Roth, Earl Clark, West) - 2:54
"
My Second Home " (Lawrence, Paul Nelson, Kenny Beard) - 2:45
"
If the Good Die Young " (Nelson,
Craig Wiseman ) - 2:27
"
Renegades, Rebels and Rogues " (
Larry Boone , Nelson, Clark) - 2:37
"
I See It Now " (Boone, Nelson,
Woody Lee ) - 3:36
"
As Any Fool Can See " (Nelson, Beard) - 3:03
"
Texas Tornado " (
Bobby Braddock ) - 3:30
"
If the World Had a Front Porch " (Lawrence, Nelson, Beard) - 3:05
"
If You Loved Me " (Nelson,
Tom Shapiro ) - 3:21
"
Time Marches On " (Braddock) - 3:03
"
Stars over Texas " (Lawrence, Nelson, Beard) - 3:34
"
Is That a Tear " (Beard,
John Jarrard ) - 3:18
"
Better Man, Better Off " (Stan Paul Davis,
Brett Jones ) - 3:36
"
How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye " (Lawrence, Nelson, Boone) - 3:30
"
Lessons Learned " (Lawrence, Nelson, Boone) - 2:57
"
Paint Me a Birmingham " (Buck Moore, Gary Duffy) - 3:48
Personnel
Flip Anderson – piano
Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
Bruce Bouton –
steel guitar
Dennis Burnside –
Hammond organ , piano
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar,
harmonica ,
hi-string guitar
Deryl Dodd – background vocals
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
Shannon Forrest – drums
Paul Franklin –
Dobro , steel guitar, pedabro
Sonny Garrish – dobro, steel guitar
Jack Gavin – drums
Rob Hajacos – fiddle, "assorted
hoedown tools"
Tony Harrell – keyboards, piano
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle,
mandolin
Rick Huckaby – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Tracy Lawrence – lead vocals
Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Gary Lunn – bass guitar
Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
Liana Manis – background vocals
Brent Mason – acoustic guitar, electric guitar,
gut string guitar
Steve Nathan – keyboards, piano
Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
Brent Rowan – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, soloist
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Hank Singer – fiddle
Milton Sledge – drums
Gary Smith – keyboards, piano, synthesizer
Joe Spivey – fiddle,
Archguitar
James Stroud – drums, percussion
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Dennis Wilson – background vocals
Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Curtis Wright – background vocals
Curtis Young – background vocals
Charts
Chart (2007)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200
163
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
29
References
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