The Ultimate Collection (Garth Brooks album)

The Ultimate Collection
Box set by Garth Brooks
Released	November 11, 2016
Genre	Country, country pop
Label	Pearl
Producer	Various original producers
Garth Brooks chronology
Man Against Machine (2014) The Ultimate Collection (2016) Christmas Together (2016)

The Ultimate Collection is a compilation box set released by country music singer-songwriter Garth Brooks, through the distributor Target.^[1]

The Ultimate Collection includes nine discs of Brooks' previously released material with several previously unreleased tracks included. The set is arranged in thematic playlists, according to Brooks.^[2]

The collection's tenth disc is a Target-exclusive copy of Brooks's upcoming tenth studio album Gunslinger, with several Target exclusive tracks. "Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance" was released as the first single from Gunslinger on October 13, 2016.

While released the same week that Brooks' Christmas album with Trisha Yearwood, Christmas Together, debuted at number 11, the box set was deemed ineligible to chart on the Billboard 200 due to its price per disc falling below Billboard's minimum required price in order to chart.^[3]

Track listing

Disc one - Old School
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"	Randy Taylor, Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	2:58
2.	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	Brooks, Kent Blazy	Garth Brooks	3:41
3.	"1982" (Originally by Randy Travis from his album Storms of Life)			3:07
4.	" Unwound" (Originally by George Strait from his album Strait Country)		Blame It All on My Roots (on Country Classics)	2:28
5.	"Longneck Bottle"		Sevens	2:17
6.	"Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"		No Fences	2:33
7.	"Good Ol' Boys Like Me"		Blame It All on My Roots (on Country Classics)	4:15
8.	"Amos Moses"		Blame It All on My Roots (on Country Classics)	2:55
9.	"That Ol' Wind"		Fresh Horses	5:20
10.	"Alabama Clay"	Larry Cordle, Ronny Scaife	Garth Brooks	3:38
11.	"White Lightning"		Blame It All on My Roots (on Country Classics)	2:43
12.	"Don't Close Your Eyes"		Blame It All On My Roots (on Country Classics)	4:36

Disc two - Midnight Fire
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Shameless"	Billy Joel	Ropin' the Wind
2.	"The Red Strokes"		In Pieces
3.	"She's Every Woman"		Fresh Horses
4.	"What She's Doing Now"		Ropin' the Wind
5.	"In Another's Eyes" (duet with Trisha Yearwood)		Sevens
6.	"One Night a Day"		In Pieces
7.	"A Friend to Me"		Sevens
8.	"Anonymous"		The Limited Series (On In Pieces)
9.	"Victim of the Game"		Fresh Horses
10.	"Which One of Them"		The Limited Series (On Ropin' the Wind)
11.	"More Than a Memory"		The Ultimate Hits
12.	"To Make You Feel My Love"		The Limited Series (On Fresh Horses)

Disc three - Cowboys
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Good Ride Cowboy"		The Lost Sessions
2.	"Rodeo"		Ropin' the Wind
3.	"That Girl Is A Cowboy"		The Lost Sessions
4.	"Rodeo Or Mexico"		Scarecrow
5.	"Night Rider’s Lament"		The Chase
6.	"My Baby No Esta Aqui"		The Lost Sessions
7.	"Cowgirl’s Saddle"		The Lost Sessions
8.	"Cowboy Bill"		Garth Brooks
9.	"Midnight Sun"		The Ultimate Hits
10.	"Rodeo And Juliet"		Man Against Machine
11.	"In Lonesome Dove"		Ropin' the Wind
12.	"The Cowboy Song"		In Pieces

Disc four - The Road (disc 1)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Standing Outside The Fire"
2.	"Rodeo"
3.	"Shameless"
4.	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"
5.	"That Summer"
6.	"In Another's Eyes" (duet with Trisha Yearwood)
7.	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"
8.	"Unanswered Prayers"
9.	"Longneck Bottle"
10.	"One Night a Day"
11.	"To Make You Feel My Love"
12.	"Wrapped Up In You" (featuring Keb' Mo')
13.	"The River"
14.	"American Pie" (featuring Don McLean)

Disc five - The Road (disc 2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"The Thunder Rolls" (the long version)
2.	"Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"
3.	"Two Piña Coladas"
4.	"More Than a Memory"
5.	"Good Ride Cowboy"
6.	"Wild As The Wind" (duet with Trisha Yearwood)
7.	"Working For A Living" (duet with Huey Lewis in LA)
8.	"It's Your Song"
9.	"New York State Of Mind" (duet with Billy Joel)
10.	"Midnight Sun"
11.	"The Dance"

Disc six - Anthems
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"The Dance"		Garth Brooks
2.	"Standing Outside The Fire"		In Pieces
3.	"Unanswered Prayers"		No Fences
4.	"Thicker Than Blood"		Scarecrow
5.	"How You Ever Gonna Know"		Sevens
6.	"The Change"		Fresh Horses
7.	"Belleau Wood"		Sevens
8.	"People Loving People"		Man Against Machine
9.	"The River"		Ropin' the Wind
10.	"Mom"		Man Against Machine
11.	"Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream"		The Lost Sessions
12.	"When You Come Back to Me Again"		Scarecrow

Disc seven - The Covers
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
1.	"Against The Wind"	Bob Seger	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
2.	"Sweet Home Alabama"	Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant	Lynyrd Skynyrd
3.	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	Elton John
4.	"Mrs. Robinson"	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel
5.	"Midnight Train To Georgia"	Jim Weatherly	Gladys Knight & the Pips
6.	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Steve Cropper, Otis Redding	Otis Redding
7.	"Hard Luck Woman" (with KISS)	Paul Stanley	KISS
8.	"Who'll Stop the Rain"	John Fogerty	Creedence Clearwater Revival
9.	"Wild World"	Cat Stevens	Cat Stevens
10.	"All Right Now"	Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers	Free
11.	"Drift Away"	Mentor Williams	Dobie Gray
12.	"Goodnight Saigon"	Billy Joel	Billy Joel

Disc eight - RPMs
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Against The Grain"		Ropin' the Wind
2.	"She’s Tired Of Boys"		Man Against Machine
3.	"Rollin’"		Fresh Horses
4.	"Addicted To Love"		Blame It All On My Roots (on Classic Rock)
5.	"Cold Like That"		Man Against Machine
6.	"You Move Me"		Sevens
7.	"Ireland"		Fresh Horses
8.	"Don’t Cross The River"		Scarecrow
9.	"I’ll Be The Wind" (featuring Martina McBride)		The Lost Sessions
10.	"Doctor My Eyes"		Blame It All On My Roots (on Melting Pot)
11.	"Working For A Living" (duet with Huey Lewis)		The Ultimate Hits
12.	"Do What You Gotta Do"		Sevens

Disc nine - Turn It Up
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"The Thunder Rolls"		No Fences
2.	"That Summer"		The Chase
3.	"You Wreck Me"		Man Against Machine
4.	"Why Ain’t I Running"		Scarecrow
5.	"Wrapped Up In You"		Scarecrow
6.	"I’d Rather Have Nothing"		The Lost Sessions
7.	"Allison Miranda"		The Lost Sessions
8.	"Black Water"		Blame It All On My Roots (on Melting Pot)
9.	"Midnight Train"		Man Against Machine
10.	"Dixie Chicken"		The Chase
11.	"Man Against Machine"		Man Against Machine
12.	"Two Piña Coladas"		Sevens

Disc ten - Gunslinger (Limited First Edition)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Honky-Tonk Somewhere"
2.	"Weekend"
3.	"Ask Me How I Know"
4.	"Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance"
5.	"He Really Loves You"
6.	"Whiskey To Wine"
7.	"BANG! BANG!"
8.	"Pure Adrenaline"
9.	"8teen"
10.	"SugarCane (Target Exclusive)"
11.	"Cowboys and Friends"
12.	"Friends In Low Places (Target Exclusive)" (featuring George Strait, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, and Keith Urban)

References

1. "Garth Brooks talks new album of greatest hits". ABC News. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
2. Garth Brooks Reveals Details for ‘Ultimate Collection’ Box Set. Taste of Country.
3. Caulfield, Keith (November 21, 2016). "Leonard Cohen Remembered on Billboard 200, Sting Debuts in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.