''The Essential Dixie Chicks'' is a 2010 greatest hits album from American

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. 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

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'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

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reviewer

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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." 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.

Track listing

Disc 1

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Not Ready to Make Nice "Not Ready to Make Nice" is a song co-written and performed by American country music trio Dixie Chicks. It was released in March 2006 as the first single from the band's seventh studio album, ''Taking the Long Way''. The Dixie Chicks wrote the s ...

" (from '' Taking the Long Way'', 2006) # "

The Long Way Around "The Long Way Around" (a.k.a. "Taking the Long Way Around") is a song written by Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, Emily Robison, and Dan Wilson and recorded by the American all- female trio Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album, ''Taking the ...

" (from ''Taking the Long Way'') # "Easy Silence" (from ''Taking the Long Way'') # "Lubbock or Leave It" (from ''Taking the Long Way'') # "Bitter End" (from ''Taking the Long Way'') # "Silent House" (from ''Taking the Long Way'') # "Lullaby" (from ''Taking the Long Way'') # " Everybody Knows" (from ''Taking the Long Way'') # " Long Time Gone" (from ''

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'', 2002) # " Travelin' Soldier" (from ''Home'') # "

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cover) (from ''Home'') # "Lil' Jack Slade" (from ''Home'') # "Truth No. 2" (From ''Home'') # "White Trash Wedding" (from ''Home'') # " Top of the World" (from ''Home'')

Disc 2

# " Ready to Run" (from ''

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'', 1999) # " Cowboy, Take Me Away" (from ''Fly'') # " Goodbye, Earl" (from ''Fly'') # " Some Days, You Gotta Dance" (from ''Fly'') # "

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Sin Wagon "Sin Wagon" is a song written by Natalie Maines, Emily Erwin, and Stephony Smith and recorded by the Dixie Chicks for their 1999 album '' Fly''. Though never released as a single, it charted as an album cut. It has been featured in five tours: ...

" (from ''Fly'') # " Without You" (from ''Fly'') # "Let Him Fly" (from ''Fly'') # " Wide Open Spaces" (from '' Wide Open Spaces'', 1998) # " There's Your Trouble" (from ''Wide Open Spaces'') # " You Were Mine" (from ''Wide Open Spaces'') # "

I Can Love You Better "I Can Love You Better" is a song written by Pamela Brown Hayes and Kostas, and recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in October 1997 as their debut single and the first from their album '' Wide Open Spaces'', and ...

"(from ''Wide Open Spaces'') # " Tonight the Heartache's on Me" (from ''Wide Open Spaces'') # "Give It Up or Let Me Go" (from ''Wide Open Spaces'') # "I Believe in Love" (from ''Home'')

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References

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