Playlist: The Very Best of Jessica Simpson (released as The Collection" in the UK) is the first compilation album by American recording artist Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson

Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...

, released in commemoration of her ten year in the music industry. The album was released on October 12, 2010 as part of the Playlist music album series issued by Legacy Recordings, simultaneously with similarly unsanctioned best-of collections of the bands and solo artists. The only singles not included on Playlist: The Very Best of Jessica Simpson are "Sweetest Sin

Sweetest Sin

"Sweetest Sin" is a song by American recording artist Jessica Simpson. It was written by Dianne Warren and produced by Ric Wake for Simpson's third studio album, In This Skin . It was released as the album's first single on June 22, 2003 through Columbia Records. The R&B song, speaks about what...

" (although it appeared on The Collection) and "Where You Are".

Critical reception

Playlist: The Very Best of Jessica Simpson received a favorable review from Allmusic: "The very first Jessica Simpson compilation belongs to Sony’s budget-priced Playlist series, a line intended to dig deeper than the obvious hits by offering album tracks and assorted mild rarities. This Playlist breaks those rules, choosing to run down Jessica’s hit singles - every one of the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

entries, minus the Christmas tunes and the 2000 misfire “Where You Are” - which is a preferable way to tackle the Simpson canon because her best moments were always her singles. And they're all here, from the still-snappy bubblegum of “I Think I'm in Love with You

I Think I'm in Love with You

"I Think I'm in Love with You" is a song written and produced by Cory Rooney and Dan Shea for Jessica Simpson's debut album Sweet Kisses . It contains a sample of singer-songwriter John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" and was released as the album's third and final single in summer 2000...

” through the Dukes of Hazard

The Dukes of Hazzard (film)

The Dukes of Hazzard is a 2005 comedy film based on the American television series of the same name. The film was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and released on August 5, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures...

 cover of “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” and the paparazzi anthem “A Public Affair” to the country makeover of “Come On Over,” presenting a tidy history of Simpson’s decade in the limelight." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a senior editor for Allmusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for Allmusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. He is also frontman and guitarist for the Ann Arbor-based band Who Dat?Erlewine is the nephew...

)

Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Worldwide	October 12, 2010	Epic Records Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... /Legacy Recordings Legacy Recordings Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	October 25, 2010	Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	November 5, 2010	Epic Records Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... /Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....