Best (Robert Earl Keen album)
Best, a compilation album by Texas-based Folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen, released by Koch Records on November 7, 2006. The album features songs from six of Keen's previous albums: No Kinda Dancer, A Bigger Piece of Sky, No. 2 Live Dinner, Farm Fresh Onions, What I Really Mean, and Live at the Ryman.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Mark Deming gave the album 3½ start stating: "Robert Earl Keen is an archetypal Texas singer/songwriter, someone who can mine both laughter and tragedy from life along the dusty margins of life in the Lone Star State... a comprehensive and well-programmed compilation offering a fully rounded introduction to his music would be more than welcome. However, 2007's Best isn't quite that album... If you're looking for a concise, career-spanning overview of Robert Earl Keen's long career in music, Best isn't as much help as you might wish, but the consistent quality is a sure convincer."[1]
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Track listing
All tracks by Robert Earl Keen except where noted
- "No Kinda Dancer" - 3:07
- "Willie" - 2:36
- "Armadillo Jackal" - 3:26
- "Paint the Town Beige" - 4:34
- "Whenever Kindness Fails" - 3:38
- "Corpus Christi Bay" - 3:59
- "Merry Christmas from the Family" - 3:54
- "The Road Intro" - 5:08
- "The Road Goes on Forever" - 7:45
- "Furnace Fan" - 3:58
- "All I Have Is Today" - 3:28
- "Let the Music Play" (Keen, Bill Whitbeck) - 5:36
- "For Love" - 4:24
- "Mr. Wolf and Mama Bear" - 3:46
- "Ride" - 3:45
- "Feeling Good Again" - 3:15
- "Gringo Honeymoon" - 4:53
- "I'm Comin' Home" - 4:17
Personnel
- Robert Pool - Fender Bass
- Dan Augustine – horn arrangements, trombone, tuba
- Danny Barnes – banjo
- Rich Brotherton – audio production, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, producer, vocal harmony
- Nick Connolly – organ
- Bryan Duckworth – fiddle
- Dave Durocher – drums, vocal harmony, backing vocals
- Joe Ely – pedal steel
- Denice Franke – vocal harmony, vocals, backing vocals
- Nanci Griffith – vocal harmony, backing vocals
- Fred Gumaer – drums
- John Hagen – cello
- Melissa Story Haycraft – executive producer
- Dan Huckabee – dobro
- Robert Earl Keen, Jr. – audio production, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, producer, vocals
- Mike Landschoot – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Randy LeRoy – mastering
- Lyle Lovett – vocal harmony, backing vocals
- Lloyd Maines – audio production, pedal steel, producer
- George Marinelli – electric guitar, vocal harmony, backing vocals
- Ian McLagan – organ
- Eamon McLoughlin – fiddle, viola
- Marty Muse – pedal steel
- Riley Osborne – piano
- Chuck Rhodes – production coordination
- Phil Richey – trumpet
- Elliott Rogers – backing vocals
- Bill Schas – trombone
- Michael Snow – bodhran, tenor banjo
- Jay Spell – accordion
- Tommy Spurlock – acoustic guitar, gut string guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel
- Marty Stuart – mandolin
- Paul Sweeney – mandolin
- Garry Tallent – electric bass, upright bass
- Tom Van Schaik – drums, percussion
- Garry Velletri – audio production, producer
- Bill Whitbeck – bass, electric bass
- Elizabeth Yoon – art direction, design
- Jonathan Yudkin – violin
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