The Essential Dixie Chicks is a Greatest Hits album from American

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Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

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Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...

. The album consists of 2 discs containing 30 songs spanning over the 13 year career of the Dixie Chicks. The album is a part of the 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.

Disc 1

1. "Not Ready to Make Nice
   Not Ready to Make Nice
   "Not Ready to Make Nice" is a country pop song co-written and performed by the American all-female band Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album Taking the Long Way...
   
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2. "The Long Way Around
   The Long Way Around
   "The Long Way Around" is a country–pop song written and recorded by the American all-female trio Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album, Taking the Long Way...
   
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3. "Easy Silence"
4. "Lubbock or Leave It"
5. "Bitter End"
6. "Silent House"
7. "Lullaby"
8. "Everybody Knows
   Everybody Knows (Dixie Chicks song)
   "Everybody Knows" is a country–pop song written and performed by the American band Dixie Chicks. It was released as the second physical single from their seventh studio album, Taking the Long Way .- Song information :...
   
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9. "Long Time Gone
   Long Time Gone
   "Long Time Gone" is a country song by Darrell Scott, published on the 2000 album Real Time which Scott recorded together with Tim O'Brien.-Content:...
   
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10. "Travelin' Soldier
    Travelin' Soldier
    "Travelin' Soldier" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Bruce Robison in 1996 and again, in rewritten form, in 1999. It was later recorded by Ty England on his 1999 album Highways & Dance Halls. The first rendition to be issued as a single was by the Dixie...
    
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11. "Landslide
    Landslide (song)
    The country group Dixie Chicks then covered "Landslide" on their 2002 Home album. This rendition, featuring the group's trademark two- and three-part harmonies reached the Top 10 of both the pop and country charts as well as several other charts. It became the Dixie Chicks' only number 1 single ...
    
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12. "Lil' Jack Slade"
13. "Truth No. 2"
14. "White Trash Wedding"
15. "Top of the World
    Top of the World (Dixie Chicks song)
    "Top of the World" is a contemporary folk-country song written by Patty Griffin and most known as recorded and performed in Grammy Award-winning fashion by the Dixie Chicks....
    
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Disc 2

1. "Ready to Run
   Ready to Run (song)
   "Ready to Run" is the title of a single released in 1999 by the Dixie Chicks, an American country music group. It was co-written by the group's fiddler, Martie Seidel along with Marcus Hummon...
   
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2. "Cowboy Take Me Away
   Cowboy Take Me Away
   "Cowboy Take Me Away" is the title of a song recorded by American country group the Dixie Chicks. It was released in November 1999 as a single from their album, Fly. The song's title is derived from a famous slogan used in commercials for Calgon bath and beauty products. It reached Number One on...
   
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3. "Goodbye Earl
   Goodbye Earl
   "Goodbye Earl", written by Dennis Linde, is a country music song. Initially recorded by the band Sons of the Desert for an unreleased album in the late 1990s, the song gained fame when it was recorded by the Dixie Chicks on their second studio album featuring Natalie Maines as lead vocalist on...
   
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4. "Some Days You Gotta Dance
   Some Days You Gotta Dance
   "Some Days You Gotta Dance" is a single by American country music group the Dixie Chicks. Released in 2001, it was the eighth and final single from their 1999 album, Fly. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 2002. "Some Days You Gotta Dance" was...
   
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5. "Heartbreak Town"
6. "Sin Wagon"
7. "Without You
   Without You (Dixie Chicks song)
   "Without You" is a song written by Eric Silver along with Natalie Maines, lead singer of the American country group the Dixie Chicks, who recorded the song for their 1999 album Fly. It was released as the album's fifth single in August 2000 and in January 2001, hit number one on the U.S. country...
   
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8. "Let Him Fly"
9. "Wide Open Spaces
   Wide Open Spaces (song)
   "Wide Open Spaces" is a country song from the Dixie Chicks, written by Susan Gibson. Appearing as the title song on the band's 1998 album Wide Open Spaces, it was released as a single in August of that year, and hit number one on the U.S. Country singles chart, spending four weeks there in...
   
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10. "There's Your Trouble
    There's Your Trouble
    "There's Your Trouble" is a song made famous by the country music band, the Dixie Chicks. Written by Mark Selby and Tia Sillers, the song was released in 1998 as the second track to the band's fourth album, Wide Open Spaces.-Awards:...
    
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11. "You Were Mine
    You Were Mine
    "You Were Mine" is a hit song by the Dixie Chicks, from their 1998 album Wide Open Spaces. It was released in December 1998, and hit number one on the U.S. Country singles chart, spending two weeks there in March 1999...
    
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12. "I Can Love You Better
    I Can Love You Better
    "I Can Love You Better" is the title of a song written by Pamela Brown Hayes and Kostas and recorded by American country music group the Dixie Chicks...
    
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13. "Tonight the Heartache's on Me
    Tonight the Heartache's on Me
    "Tonight the Heartache's on Me" is a song by the Dixie Chicks, and the final single from their 1998 album Wide Open Spaces. It was released in May 1999 by Monument Records, and was written by Mary Francis, Johnny MacRae and Bob Morrison....
    
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14. "Give It Up or Let Me Go"
15. "I Believe in Love"

Chart performance

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Australian Top 50 Albums	16
Canadian Albums Chart	92
New Zealand Top 40 Albums	3
Swedish Albums Chart	19
U.S. Billboard Country Albums	40