Alan Jackson este un cântăreț american de muzică country, unul dintre cei mai importanți reprezentanți ai stilului country tradițional modern. Muzica sa păstrează rădăcinile country-ului clasic, honky-tonk-ului și western swing-ului.
Compilația The Essential Alan Jackson pe 2 CD-uri reunește 37 de piese din creația sa. Printre înregistrările remarcabile se numără Chattahoochee, Don't Rock The Jukebox, Midnight In Montgomery, Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning), precum și duetele It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (cu Jimmy Buffett) și As She's Walking Away (cu Zac Brown Band). Albumul prezintă o retrospectivă a carierei lui Jackson, de la hiturile timpurii până la succesele ulterioare.
Melodii
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
