Alan Jackson je americký country spevák, jeden z najvýznamnejších predstaviteľov moderného tradičného country štýlu. Jeho hudba si zachováva korene klasického country, honky-tonku a western swingu.
Kompilácia The Essential Alan Jackson na 2 CD zhŕňa jeho tvorbu prostredníctvom 37 skladieb. Medzi výraznými nahrávkami nájdete Chattahoochee, Don't Rock The Jukebox, Midnight In Montgomery, Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) či duety It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (s Jimmym Buffettom) a As She's Walking Away (so Zac Brown Band). Album predstavuje prierez Jacksonovou kariérou od raných hitov po neskoršie úspechy.
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CD 1
1. Ring Of Fire
2. Here In The Real World
3. Wanted
4. Chasin' That Neon Rainbow
5. I'd Love You All Over Again
6. Don't Rock The Jukebox
7. Someday
8. Dallas
9. Midnight In Montgomery
10. Love's Got A Hold On You
11. She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)
12. Tonight I Climbed The Wall
13. Chattahoochee
14. (Who Says) You Can't Have It All
15. Summertime Blues
16. Livin' On Love
17. Gone Country
18. I Don't Even Know Your Name
19. Tall, Tall Trees
CD 2
1. As She's Walking Away (Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson)
2. Look At Me
3. I'll Try
4. Home
5. Little Bitty
6. Who's Cheatin' Who
7. There Goes
8. Between The Devil And Me
9. Right On The Money
10. It Must Be Love
11. Where I Come From
12. Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
13. Drive (For Daddy Gene)
14. It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson And Jimmy Buffett)
15. Remember When
16. Small Town Southern Man
17. Good Time
18. Country Boy
