1986 compilation album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Twenty Years of Dirt |
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Released | 1986 |
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Genre | Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass |
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Label | Warner Bros. Nashville |
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Producer | William E. McEuen, Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards, Norbert Putnam, Marshall Morgan |
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology |
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Partners, Brothers and Friends (1985) | Twenty Years of Dirt (1986) | Hold On (1987) | |
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) [1] |
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
- "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
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
Weekly charts | Year-end charts Chart (1986) | Position | US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 50 | |
References
All 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
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