The Essential

~ Release by Brooks & Dunn (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Reissue of "The Best Of Brooks & Dunn"

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 56899612/88691967992RD1 21
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 56899608/88691967992RD2 21
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1, 2): IFPI LV53
Mould SID Code (Disc 1, 2): IFPI 0807

Annotation last modified on 2025-09-11 08:21 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Honky Tonk Stomp
performer:
Billy Gibbons
recording of:
Honky Tonk Stomp
writer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer), Terry McBride (US country music artist) and Bobby Pinson
publisher:
Bobby's Songs And Salvage, Music of Stage Three, Orbison Music LLC, Showbilly Music and Turn Me On Music
Brooks & Dunn feat. Billy Gibbons3:04
2Brand New Man
producer:
Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Scott Hendricks (producer)
mixer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Castle Recording Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Brand New Man
writer:
Kix Brooks, Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
Brooks & Dunn4.53:00
3Ain't Nothing 'Bout You
producer:
Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Mark Wright (country music producer & songwriter)
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 2002)
recording of:
Ain’t Nothing ’bout You
writer:
Rivers Rutherford and Tom Shapiro
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Memphisto Music Inc (Macirhyco Music Div), Songs of Mojo One, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Universal Music Corporation (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Brooks & Dunn53:20
4Hillbilly Deluxe
recording of:
Hillbilly Deluxe
writer:
Brad Crisler (American country music songwriter, singer, producer) and Craig Wiseman (country music songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn24:20
5How Long Gone
recording of:
How Long Gone
writer:
Shawn Camp (American country songwriter, musician and producer) and John Scott Sherrill (American country songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn43:39
6She's Not the Cheatin' Kind
producer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
Brooks & Dunn4.53:23
7A Man This Lonely
producer:
Kix Brooks, Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
A Man This Lonely
writer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Tommy Lee James (Country music songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn43:33
8Rock My World (Little Country Girl)
producer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
organ:
John Barlow Jarvis (American pianist, keyboardist and songwriter)
background vocals:
Bill LaBounty, Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and John Wesley Ryles
lead vocals:
Kix Brooks
recording of:
Rock My World (Little Country Girl)
writer:
Bill LaBounty and Steve O’Brien (US country songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn53:43
9Red Dirt Road
part of:
Holler's Best 2000s Country Songs (number: 74) and Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 2004)
recording of:
Red Dirt Road
writer:
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
publisher:
Buffalo Prairie Songs (aka Buffalo Prairie Music), Showbilly Music and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Brooks & Dunn44:22
10The Long Goodbye
producer:
Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Mark Wright (country music producer & songwriter)
cover recording of:
The Long Goodbye
writer:
Paul Brady and Ronan Keating
publisher:
Round Hill Songs II, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.)
Brooks & Dunn43:52
11You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
producer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 1996)
Brooks & Dunn4.54:47
12If You See Him / If You See Her
performer:
Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire
recording of:
If You See Him, If You See Her
writer:
Tommy Lee James (Country music songwriter), Jennifer Kimball (songwriter) and Terry McBride (US country music artist)
Brooks & Dunn feat. Reba McEntire54:00
13She Used to Be Mine
producer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
background vocals:
Kix Brooks and Harry Stinson
lead vocals:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
She Used to Be Mine
writer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
Brooks & Dunn53:58
14That Ain't No Way to Go
producer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
background vocals:
Kix Brooks and John Wesley Ryles
lead vocals:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
That Ain't No Way to Go
writer:
Kix Brooks, Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
Brooks & Dunn53:34
15Boot Scootin' Boogie
producer:
Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Scott Hendricks (producer)
mixer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Castle Recording Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
music videos:
Boot Scootin’ Boogie by Brooks & Dunn
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 1993)
recording of:
Boot Scootin’ Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
Brooks & Dunn4.353:18
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Indian Summer
music video for:
Indian Summer (music video) by Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn4:23
2Play Something Country
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 2006)
Brooks & Dunn33:16
3My Next Broken Heart
producer:
Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Scott Hendricks (producer)
mixer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Castle Recording Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
My Next Broken Heart
writer:
Kix Brooks, Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
Brooks & Dunn42:55
4Cowgirls Don't Cry
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot Country Songs of 2009 (number: 16) and Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 2010)
recording of:
Cowgirls Don't Cry
writer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Terry McBride (US country music artist)
publisher:
Showbilly Music, Still Working for the Man Music, Inc. and Turn Me On Music
Brooks & Dunn feat. Reba McEntire43:35
5Lost and Found
producer:
Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Scott Hendricks (producer)
mixer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Castle Recording Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Lost and Found
writer:
Kix Brooks and Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn53:47
6Little Miss Honky Tonk
producer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
Brooks & Dunn53:00
7It's Getting Better All the Time
Brooks & Dunn4:17
8We'll Burn That Bridge
producer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
background vocals:
Kix Brooks and John Wesley Ryles
lead vocals:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
We'll Burn That Bridge
writer:
Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
Brooks & Dunn42:57
9He's Got You
producer:
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
He’s Got You
writer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Terry McBride (US country music artist)
Brooks & Dunn3:15
10Only in America
producer:
Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Mark Wright (country music producer & songwriter)
part of:
Billboard Decade End Chart: Country (2000's) (number: 29)
recording of:
Only in America
composer:
Kix Brooks, Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Rogers (American country singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Buffalo Prairie Songs (aka Buffalo Prairie Music), Don Cook Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Brooks & Dunn44:31
11I Am That Man
producer:
Kix Brooks, Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
I Am That Man
writer:
Terry McBride (US country music artist) and Monty Powell
Brooks & Dunn54:13
12Husbands and Wives
cover recording of:
Husbands and Wives
lyricist and composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
Brooks & Dunn43:10
13Neon Moon
producer:
Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Scott Hendricks (producer)
mixer:
Scott Hendricks (producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1991)
mixed at:
Castle Recording Studios in Franklin, Tennessee, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 41)
recording of:
Neon Moon
lyricist and composer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
Brooks & Dunn4.54:24
14My Maria
producer:
Kix Brooks, Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
music videos:
My Maria by Brooks & Dunn
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 1997 winner)
cover recording of:
My Maria
writer:
Daniel Moore (producer, songwriter and vocalist) and B.W. Stevenson
Brooks & Dunn4.53:30
15Believe
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 33) and Holler's Best 2000s Country Songs (number: 47)
recording of:
Believe
writer:
Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Craig Wiseman (country music songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn45:41