Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008

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Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008
Greatest hits by Dierks Bentley
Released	May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)
Genre	Country
Length	1:11:22
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley Luke Wooten
Professional reviews
All Music Guide – link Country Weekly – link
Dierks Bentley chronology
Long Trip Alone (2006) Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008 (2008) TBA

Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008 is the first greatest hits album of country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released May 6, 2008 on Capitol Records Nashville. His fourth album for Capitol Records Nashville, it includes his ten singles from his first three albums: 2003's Dierks Bentley, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, and 2006's Long Trip Alone. Two songs were newly recorded for this compilation: "Sweet and Wild" (a duet with Sarah Buxton) and "With the Band". Also included here are live recordings of the album cuts "So So Long" (originally included on Modern Day Drifter) and "Wish It Would Break" (originally included on Dierks Bentley), as well as live renditions of his singles "Come a Little Closer", "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" and "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)".

Bentley enlisted the help of more than 3000 fans to assist in selection of the tracks and cover art for this album. All of these fans are credited as executive producers in the liner notes.^[1]

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1. "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" (Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Rob Harrington, Rod Janzen) - 3:21
2. "Trying to Stop Your Leaving" (B. Beavers, Jim Beavers, Bentley) - 3:42
3. "Sweet and Wild" (Jay Clementi, Radney Foster) - 4:49
   • duet with Sarah Buxton
4. "Come a Little Closer" (B. Beavers, Bentley) - 4:42
5. "How Am I Doin'" (Writer X, Bentley) - 3:48
6. "Every Mile a Memory" (B. Beavers, Steve Bogard, Bentley) - 3:54
7. "My Last Name" (Harley Allen, Bentley) - 3:30
8. "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" (Deric Ruttan, B. Beavers, Bentley) - 4:33
9. "With the Band" (J. Beavers, B. Beavers, Bentley) - 3:46
10. "Settle for a Slowdown" (B. Beavers, Mark Nesler, Bentley) - 3:43
11. "What Was I Thinkin'" (Ruttan, B. Beavers, Bentley) - 4:21
12. "Long Trip Alone" (B. Beavers, Bogard, Bentley) - 3:44
13. "So So Long" (B. Beavers, Jim Beavers, Bentley) - 3:44^A
14. "Come a Little Closer" (B. Beavers, Bentley) - 5:46^A
15. "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" (Ruttan, B. Beavers, Bentley) - 5:43^A
16. "Wish It Would Break" (B. Beavers, Bentley) - 4:33^A
17. "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" (B. Beavers, Bentley, Harrington, Janzen) - 3:43^A

• ^ALive recording.

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