Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008

Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008 is the first compilation album by American country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released May 6, 2008 via Capitol Records Nashville. His fourth album from that label, the album includes his ten singles from his first three studio albums: his 2003 self-titled debut, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, and 2006's Long Trip Alone. Two newly-recorded songs were also added to this compilation; those were "Sweet and Wild" (a duet with Sarah Buxton) and "With the Band". The CD even includes live recordings of the album cuts "So So Long" (originally on Modern Day Drifter) and "Wish It Would Break" (originally from his self-titled debut) as well as live renditions of his singles "Come a Little Closer", "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do", and "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)".

Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008
Greatest hits album by Dierks Bentley
Released	May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)
Recorded	2003–2008
Genre	Country
Length	1:11:22
Label	Capitol Nashville
Producer	Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley Luke Wooten
Dierks Bentley chronology
Long Trip Alone (2006) Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008 (2008) Feel That Fire (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Country Weekly	[2]
Slant Magazine	[3]

Bentley enlisted the help of his fans to assist in selection of the album's live tracks, title, and cover art. The first 3000 are credited as executive producers in the liner notes.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)"	Brett Beavers Dierks Bentley Rob Harrington Rod Janzen	3:21
2.	"Trying to Stop Your Leaving"	B. Beavers Jim Beavers Bentley	3:42
3.	"Sweet and Wild" (duet with Sarah Buxton)	Jay Clementi Radney Foster	4:49
4.	"Come a Little Closer"	B. Beavers Bentley	4:42
5.	"How Am I Doin'"	J. Beavers Bentley	3:48
6.	"Every Mile a Memory"	B. Beavers Steve Bogard Bentley	3:54
7.	"My Last Name"	Harley Allen Bentley	3:30
8.	"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do"	Deric Ruttan B. Beavers Bentley	4:33
9.	"With the Band"	J. Beavers B. Beavers Bentley	3:46
10.	"Settle for a Slowdown"	B. Beavers Tony Martin Bentley	3:43
11.	"What Was I Thinkin'"	Ruttan B. Beavers Bentley	4:21
12.	"Long Trip Alone"	B. Beavers Bogard Bentley	3:44
13.	"So So Long" (live recording)	B. Beavers J. Beavers Bentley	3:44
14.	"Come a Little Closer" (live recording)	B. Beavers Bentley	5:46
15.	"Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" (live recording)	Ruttan B. Beavers Bentley	5:43
16.	"Wish It Would Break" (live recording)	B. Beavers Bentley	4:33
17.	"Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" (live recording)	B. Beavers Bentley Harrington Janzen	3:43

Personnel on new and live tracks

• Brett Beavers – background vocals
• Jim Beavers – background vocals
• Dierks Bentley – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals
• Sarah Buxton – vocals on "Sweet and Wild"
• Rob Harrington – bass guitar
• Rod Janzen – electric guitar, background vocals
• Greg Mangum – background vocals
• Steve Misamore – drums
• Gary Morse – lap steel guitar
• Tim Sergent – banjo, pedal steel guitar, background vocals
• Bryan Sutton – banjo, acoustic guitar
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Luke Wooten – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position US Billboard 200[5] 9 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 40 Chart (2009) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 62