Audio CD review:
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Twenty Years of Dirt: The Best of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Twenty Years of Dirt: The Best of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Band: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Title: Twenty Years of Dirt: The Best of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Intro/Mr. Bojangles 2: Ripplin' Waters 3: American Dream 4: Make A Little Magic 5: Fire In The Sky 6: Dance Little Jean 7: Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) 8: High Horse 9: Modern Day Romance 10: Partners, Brothers And Friends 11: Stand A Little Rain

Customer Reviews DIRT As a life long Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Fan and also having had the chance to meet and interview Dirt Band founding member John McEuen several years ago it makes my pirchase that much more special. After 20 years, he still grieves. The first four songs cover the bands "pop" hits (although "Ripplin' Waters wasn't a hit), while the remainder of the album features their "country" hits. While this is supposedly a 20 year career retrospective of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, it only includes two songs from the band's first ten years. While the bands early years definitely get the short shrift here, most of the songs are good. It's a decent compilation that will be a disappointment to fans of the bands early stuff. Great Dirt From One Of The Best Groups Around Trying to pick the top hits from a band that has been consistently putting out great music is like trying to pick the best child in your family. For all of the complaints about this disc(lack of early tunes, too country, too brief), folks seem to forget that the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has been around for a long time. It's impossible. Someone will get hurt because "their" song isn't included. Another person will cry because certain time periods or albums are focused on too much. Anyway, take this album for what it is. It's a nice package of well known hits by a band that deserves the respect given to the top groups in country music. It doesn't include all of their greatest hits, but it has some great ones on it. Also, the price is great for such good songs. Recommended to folks interested in learning more about NGDB who might have only heard songs like "Fishin' In The Dark" on the radio. It's not included here(but it is on their second greatest hits), but you will find "Mr. Bojangles," "Fire In The Sky," "Stand A Little Rain" and the brilliant "Dance Little Jean" and "High Horse. " If you think that too much of the album was focused on their hits of the eighties, buy their older stuff. If you find this album to be too country, go back to listening to Faith Hill and Mr. Faith Hill, I'm sure they're right up your alley. Leave the real country artists for the rest of us. Thanks for reading my review. I highly recommend this disc. . . You can see a complete list of all The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band discography, or go back to the The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band tabs