Essential Joe Diffie
The Essential Joe Diffie
Epic/Legacy s 2003 collection The Essential Joe Diffie weighs in at 14 tracks, just two less than the 2002 collection 16 Biggest Hits with which it shares a whopping 12 tracks. Given that considerable overlap, it's not surprising that the two collections are essentially interchangeable, but 16 Biggest Hits has the edge, not just because it has two more tracks, but because the four songs unique to that collection are stronger than the two unique songs here (for the record, they are the Mary Chapin Carpenter duet "Not Too Much to Ask," which has never appeared on a Joe Diffie album, and the modest hit "This Is Your Brain" . That said, The Essential Joe Diffie is hardly a bad album -- after, it's pretty much the same album, down to identical sequencing for the first three cuts -- and it is also an effective overview of the peak of Diffie s career. 16 Biggest Hits may be slightly stronger, but that's all it is: a slight difference. On its own terms, The Essential Joe Diffie is a first-rate collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Credits »
Joe Diffie - Producer
Joe Diffie - Original Recording Producer
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Producer
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Original Recording Producer
Gregg Geller - Compilation Producer
John Jennings - Producer
John Jennings - Original Recording Producer
Jim Shea - Photography
Johnny Slate - Producer
Johnny Slate - Original Recording Producer
Mark Wilder - Mastering
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Ron Kellum - Design
Brian Mansfield - Liner Notes
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