Toby Keith: 35 Biggest Hits

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Not only do you get 35 of Toby Keith's biggest hits from five different record labels all in one collection, but all the songs here are sequenced chronologically letting you hear how the man's music has evolved from his mullet headed era of 1993's "Should've Been A Cowboy" to 2008's "She's A Hottie." Songs from 2007's Big Dog Daddy are absent due to legal contractual complications, so you'll just have to imagine that "High Maintenance Woman" is playing second to last. But other than that one little snafu, it's truly interesting to hear how he's gone from an aspiring balladeer ("He Ain't Worth Missing" and "A Woman's Touch") to a pot stirring outlaw ("Beer For My Horses" and "Get Drunk And Be Somebody"). The controversial smash hit, 2002's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" was his point of departure, and where many performers have faded after being thrust into the limelight, Keith took the opportunity to step things up, hit his stride as a songwriter, and record the kinds of songs that keep us on our toes.