Twenty Years of Dirt, subtitled The Best of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is the second compilation album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It is a collection of hits from their career to that point. The album contained one new song, "Stand a Little Rain", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2] The album reached 10 on the US Country charts and was certified platinum.

Twenty Years of Dirt
Compilation album by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Released	1986
Genre	Country, country rock, folk rock, bluegrass
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	William E. McEuen, Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards, Norbert Putnam, Marshall Morgan
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Partners, Brothers and Friends (1985) Twenty Years of Dirt (1986) Hold On (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Intro/Mr. Bojangles" * (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:03
   from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy 1970
2. "Ripplin' Waters" * (Jimmy Ibbotson) – 5:46
   from Symphonion Dream 1975
3. "American Dream" ** (Rodney Crowell) – 3:48
   from An American Dream 1979
4. "Make A Little Magic" ** (Jeff Hanna, Richard Hathaway, Bob Carpenter) – 3:46
   from Make a Little Magic 1980
5. "Fire in the Sky" ** (Hanna, Carpenter) – 4:40
   from Jealousy 1981
6. "Dance Little Jean" *** (Jim Ibbotson) – 3:13
   from Let's Go 1983
7. "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) **** (Crowell) – 3:18
   from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984
8. "High Horse" **** (Ibbotson) – 3:13
   from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984
9. "Modern Day Romance" **** (Kix Brooks, Dan Tyler) – 3:30
   from Partners, Brothers and Friends 1985
10. "Partners, Brothers and Friends" **** (Ibbotson, Hanna) – 3:59
    from Partners, Brothers and Friends.. 1985
11. "Stand a Little Rain" **** (Don Schlitz, Donny Lowery) – 4:22 (Previously unreleased)

Chart positions

Personnel

• Bob Carpenter
• Jimmie Fadden
• Jeff Hanna
• Jim Ibbotson
• John McEuen

Production

Producer

• * William E. McEuen
• ** Jeff Hanna/Bob Edwards
• *** Norbert Putnam
• **** Marshall Morgan

Charts

References

All information from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.[5]