The Essential Dixie Chicks

The Essential Dixie Chicks
Compilation album by Dixie Chicks
Released	August 24, 2010
Recorded	1997-2006
Genre	Country
Label	Sony Music Nashville
Producer	Various original producers
Dixie Chicks chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks (2010) The Essential Dixie Chicks (2010)

The Essential Dixie Chicks is a 2010 greatest hits album from American country music group the Dixie Chicks. The pair of discs contain thirty songs personally selected by the Dixie Chicks from their fourth through seventh studio albums. The album is a part of the Sony Music's The Essential series. The album was released in countries such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on August 24, 2010, and was released in the United States on October 26 of that year.

Critical reception

Allmusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the compilation 4.5 stars out of 5, saying that "Some may grumble about the sequencing, but it flows nicely and has all the hits while illustrating the depth of the band’s catalog, which is enough to make it as essential as billed."^[1] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave it an identical rating, also praising it as a "comprehensive" representation of the group's career, although he criticized it for omitting "Cold Day in July" and including too many album cuts from Taking the Long Way in comparison to their other albums.^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Not Ready to Make Nice"
2. "The Long Way Around"
3. "Easy Silence"
4. "Lubbock or Leave It"
5. "Bitter End"
6. "Silent House"
7. "Lullaby"
8. "Everybody Knows"
9. "Long Time Gone"
10. "Travelin' Soldier"
11. "Landslide"
12. "Lil' Jack Slade"
13. "Truth No. 2"
14. "White Trash Wedding"
15. "Top of the World"

Disc 2

1. "Ready to Run"
2. "Cowboy Take Me Away"
3. "Goodbye Earl"
4. "Some Days You Gotta Dance"
5. "Heartbreak Town"
6. "Sin Wagon"
7. "Without You"
8. "Let Him Fly"
9. "Wide Open Spaces"
10. "There's Your Trouble"
11. "You Were Mine"
12. "I Can Love You Better"
13. "Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
14. "Give It Up or Let Me Go"
15. "I Believe in Love"

Chart performance

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian Top 50 Albums	16
New Zealand Top 40 Albums	3
Swedish Albums Chart	19
U.S. Billboard Country Albums	40[3]

Certifications

Country	Certification (thresholds)
Australia	Gold [4]

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Essential Dixie Chicks review". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
2. Peacock, Bobby. "The Essential Dixie Chicks review". Roughstock. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
3. "Chart positions for The Essential Dixie Chicks". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
4. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesALBUMaccreds2012.htm