The Best (Dan Seals album)

The Best

Greatest hits album by

Dan Seals

Released

October 20, 1987

Genre

Country

Length

41:11

Dan Seals chronology

On the Front Line
(1986)

The Best
(1987)

Rage On
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Best is the first compilation album by American country music artist Dan Seals. It features his highest charting songs from his previous four albums beginning with Rebel Heart (1983). The album has been certified platinum. The new track, "One Friend" was originally found on his 1984 album San Antone, and was re-recorded for this album, and was released as a single and became his seventh number one song in a row.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Three Time Loser"	Dan Seals	3:04
2.	"God Must Be a Cowboy"	Seals	3:05
3.	"My Baby's Got Good Timing"	McDill, Seals	3:27
4.	"You Still Move Me"	Seals	5:07
5.	"Bop"	Jennifer Kimball, Paul Davis	3:45
6.	"Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)"	Seals, Bob McDill	4:50
7.	"Meet Me in Montana" (duet with Marie Osmond)	Davis	3:54
8.	"(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me"	Seals	3:21
9.	"My Old Yellow Car"	Thom Schuyler	3:36
10.	"I Will Be There"	Tom Snow, Jennifer Kimball	3:49
11.	"One Friend"	Seals	3:13

Personnel on Track 11

Adapted from liner notes.^[2]

Dan Seals – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Dennis Burnside – acoustic piano
Shane Keister – synthesizers
Larry Byrom – electric guitar
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
Jack Williams – bass guitar
Eddie Bayers – drums
Scott Kaufman – percussion
Bergen White – string arrangements
The Nashville String Machine – strings
Marshall Morgan – tracking engineer
Kyle Lehning – mix engineer, overdub engineer
Kirt Odle – mix engineer, overdub engineer
Track recorded at Audio Media Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee).
Overdubbed and Mixed at Morningstar Sound Studio (Hendersonville, Tennessee).

Additional credits

Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Bonnie Rasmussen – album project coordinator
Virginia Team – art direction
Jerry Joyner – design
Larry Dixon – photography
Vanessa Ware – stylist
Larry Gottlieb – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–1988)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	25
Chart (1991)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	63

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[6]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ The Best at AllMusic
^ The Best (CD booklet). Dan Seals. Capitol Records. 1987. CLT-48308.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Dan Seals Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Dan Seals – Best of". Music Canada. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Dan Seals – The Best of". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 4, 2021.

v t e Dan Seals
Studio albums	Stones Harbinger Rebel Heart San Antone Won't Be Blue Anymore On the Front Line Rage On On Arrival Walking the Wire Fired Up In a Quiet Room In a Quiet Room II
Compilation albums	The Best Greatest Hits
Top 10 singles	"God Must Be a Cowboy" "(You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me" "My Baby's Got Good Timing" "My Old Yellow Car" "Meet Me in Montana" (with Marie Osmond) "Bop" "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" "You Still Move Me" "I Will Be There" "Three Time Loser" "One Friend" "Addicted" "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" "They Rage On" "Love on Arrival" "Good Times" "When Love Comes Around the Bend"
Related articles	Discography England Dan & John Ford Coley

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