Travis Tritt injected his rowdy outlaw spirit and soulful Georgia growl into the burgeoning New Country movement with his 1990 Warner Bros. debut, Country Club. With a succession of strong, hit single-filled albums, Tritt became one of country music’s most popular – and notoriously hatless – hit-makers. Currently in the studio with producer Randy Jackson, Tritt is busy working on the next chapter of his storied career. Rhino Records takes a moment to look back on an 11-year string of hits that featured 13 Top 10 country singles and five #1 hits.

THE VERY BEST OF TRAVIS TRITT will be available January 30 at all physical retail outlets and at www.rhino.com for a suggested retail price of $18.98, and at all digital music providers for a suggested retail price of $9.99. A special iTunes version featuring an enhanced interactive booklet will be available for $11.99.

Featuring 20 songs, the collection gathers hits the Marietta-raised singer/songwriter released between 1989 and 2000, including studio cuts, compilation tracks and single mixes. THE VERY BEST OF also spotlights Tritt’s memorable duets with fellow country star Marty Stuart – “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” and “This One’s Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time).”

The album boasts all five of Tritt’s chart-topping singles – “Help Me Hold On,” from Country Club; “Anymore,” from 1991’s It’s All About To Change; “Can I Trust You With My Heart” from 1992’s T-R-O-U-B-L-E; “Foolish Pride” from 1994’s Ten Feet Tall And Bulletproof; and “Best Of Intentions” from 2000’s Down The Road I Go.

Filled almost exclusively with Top 10 country hits THE VERY BEST OF TRAVIS TRITT contains four tracks from the singer’s debut, including his breakout hit, album title track, “Country Club.” It’s All About To Change, Tritt’s follow-up a year later, achieved multi-platinum status on the strength of strong songs, including a pair that peaked at #2 – “Nothing Short Of Dying” and “Here’s A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares,” one of country’s all-time greatest kiss-off songs. Rounding out the collection are selections from the second half of the ’90s, including “More Than You’ll Ever Know,” from The Restless Kind, a taut country album produced by Don Was, and “It’s Great Day To Be Alive” from Tritt’s debut on Columbia Records, Down The Road I Go.

THE VERY BEST OF TRAVIS TRITT spotlights a trio of cover songs with Tritt’s version of “Take It Easy” from Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, as well as his takes on Elvis Presley’s “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” and Steve Earle’s “Sometimes She Forgets.”

THE VERY BEST OF TRAVIS TRITT Track Listing

1. “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive”

2. “Take It Easy”

3. “Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)”

4. “Anymore”

5. “Country Club”

6. “Help Me Hold On”

7. “Where Corn Don’t Grow”

8. “Best Of Intentions”

9. “I’m Gonna Be Somebody”

10. “Can I Trust You With My Heart”

11. “Foolish Pride”

12. “Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man”

13. “Nothing Short of Dying”

14. “More Than You’ll Ever Know”

15. “Sometimes She Forgets” – Single Version

16. “This One’s Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time)” – Marty Stuart featuring Travis Tritt

17. “Tell Me I Was Dreaming” – Single Version

18. “Drift Off To Dream” – Edit

19. “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” – Duet with Marty Stuart

20. “T-R-O-U-B-L-E”

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