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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
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Released 1986

Intro/Mr. Bojangles
05:08
8,478 plays

Modern Day Romance
03:31
6,813 plays

Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)
03:19
6,660 plays

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songs

- 1
- Intro/Mr. Bojangles
- 05:08
- 8,478 plays

- 2
- Ripplin' Waters (LP Version)
- 05:47
- 5,804 plays

- 3
- American Dream (LP Version)
- 03:51
- 10,632 plays

- 4
- Make A Little Magic (LP Version)
- 03:47
- 5,658 plays

- 5
- Fire In The Sky (LP Version)
- 04:41
- 4,433 plays

- 6
- Dance Little Jean (LP Version)
- 03:14
- 12,116 plays

- 7
- Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)
- 03:19
- 6,660 plays

- 8
- High Horse
- 03:16
- 5,136 plays

- 9
- Modern Day Romance
- 03:31
- 6,813 plays

- 10
- Partners, Brothers And Friends
- 04:00
- 4,963 plays

- 11
- Stand A Little Rain (LP Version)
- 04:24
- 6,325 plays

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album review

Representing the band's most lucrative years, Twenty Years of Dirt is a collection of hits from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's late-'70s to mid-'80s era, with tracks from 1979's American Dream, 1984's Plain Dirt Fashion, and 1985's Partners, Brothers, and Friends, among others. Songs like Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles," which gave them their only Top Ten hit, and the soothing vocal stylings of the Jimmy Buffet-like "American Dream" showcase the group's country-rock finesse. While "American Dream" has Linda Ronstadt helping out on vocals, "Make a Little Magic" utilized Nicolette Larson's sweet-sounding voice. "High Horse" is dominated with an old country sound, led by jangly guitar strumming and quick singing, and "Dance Little Jean" pulls firmly at the heartstrings, making it a country radio mainstay. With such a lengthy career and numerous personnel changes since their formation in 1966, Twenty Years of Dirt in no way sums up the lifespan of the band, but it does do a good job at bunching their best commercial years onto one album. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide