The Essential Vince Gill is a compilation album containing songs by country music artist Vince Gill

Vince Gill

Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...

, released in 1995. It is not strictly a greatest hits album; while it includes his early hits "Oklahoma Borderline" and "Cinderella" and an alternate early version of his #3 "Never Knew Lonely", it is strictly a compilation of Gill's 1980's recordings with RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

. It is part of BMG International's The Essential series of compilation albums. The song "Losing Your Love" was later recorded by former Restless Heart

Restless Heart

Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson...

 vocalist Larry Stewart

Larry Stewart (singer)

Larry Stewart is an American country music singer, best known for his role as lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart...

 on his 1994 solo album Heart Like a Hurricane

Heart Like a Hurricane

Heart Like a Hurricane is the second studio album by American country music singer Larry Stewart. It is his second release after his 1991 departue from the band Restless Heart. This album accounted for three singles: the title track, "Losing Your Love" and "Rockin' the Rock"...

, where it was released as a single.

Track listing

1. "Victim of Life's Circumstances" (Delbert McClinton
   Delbert McClinton
   Delbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist....
   
   ) (3:18)
2. "Oh Carolina" (Albright, Elliot, Sanders) (3:17)
3. "I've Been Hearing Things About You" (Gill) (3:12)
4. "Turn Me Loose" (Gill) (3:09)
5. "The Radio" (Gill, Nielsen) (4:04)
6. "Livin' the Way I Do" (Gill) (3:22)
7. "Midnight Train" (Gill) (3:40)
8. "True Love" (Gill) (4:01)
9. "Ain't It Always That Way" (Dave Loggins
   Dave Loggins
   David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
   
   ) (3:51)
10. "Oklahoma Borderline
    Oklahoma Borderline
    "Oklahoma Borderline" is a single by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in November 1985, it was the third single from the album The Things That Matter. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....
    
    " (Clark
    Guy Clark
    Guy Clark is an American Texas Country artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell....
    
    , Crowell
    Rodney Crowell
    Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
    
    , Gill) (3:37)
11. "With You" (Gill) (4:43)
12. "The Way Back Home" (Gill) (3:54)
13. "Losing Your Love" (DeVito, Fleming, Gill) (4:45)
14. "Everybody's Sweetheart
    Everybody's Sweetheart
    "Everybody's Sweetheart" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album The Way Back Home. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
    
    " (Gill) (2:50)
15. "Don't Say That You Love Me (Gill, Gordy
    Emory Gordy, Jr.
    Emory Gordy, Jr., born December 25, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American musician and music producer. Since 1989, he has been married to country music artist Patty Loveless. Gordy was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1992...
    
    ) (2:47)
16. "Something's Missing" (Gill) (4:29)
17. "Colder Than Winter" (Gill) (4:22)
18. "Cinderella
    Cinderella (Vince Gill song)
    "Cinderella" is a single by American Country music artist Vince Gill. Released in March 1987, it was the first single from the album The Way Back Home. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
    
    " (Nielsen) (3:35)
19. "Let's Do Something" (Gill, Nielsen) (3:18)
20. "Never Knew Lonely
    Never Knew Lonely
    "Never Knew Lonely" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in September 1990, it was the fourth single from the album When I Call Your Name. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
    
    " (Gill) (3:59)