Twenty Years of Dirt

Twenty Years of Dirt, subtitled The Best of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is the second compilation album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It is a collection of hits from their career to that point. The album contained one new song, "Stand a Little Rain", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The album reached 10 on the US Country charts and was certified platinum.

Track listing
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy 1970 from Symphonion Dream 1975 from An American Dream 1979 from Make a Little Magic 1980 from Jealousy 1981 from Let's Go 1983 from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984 from Plain Dirt Fashion 1984 from Partners, Brothers and Friends 1985 from ''Partners, Brothers and Friends.. 1985
 * 1) "Intro/Mr. Bojangles" * (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:03
 * 1) "Ripplin' Waters" * (Jimmy Ibbotson) – 5:46
 * 1) "American Dream" ** (Rodney Crowell) – 3:48
 * 1) "Make A Little Magic" ** (Jeff Hanna, Richard Hathaway, Bob Carpenter) – 3:46
 * 1) "Fire in the Sky" ** (Hanna, Carpenter) – 4:40
 * 1) "Dance Little Jean" *** (Jim Ibbotson) – 3:13
 * 1) "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) **** (Crowell) – 3:18
 * 1) "High Horse" **** (Ibbotson) – 3:13
 * 1) "Modern Day Romance" **** (Kix Brooks, Dan Tyler) – 3:30
 * 1) "Partners, Brothers and Friends" **** (Ibbotson, Hanna) – 3:59
 * 1) "Stand a Little Rain" **** (Don Schlitz, Donny Lowery) – 4:22 (Previously unreleased)

Personnel

 * Bob Carpenter
 * Jimmie Fadden
 * Jeff Hanna
 * Jim Ibbotson
 * John McEuen

Production
Producer
 * * William E. McEuen
 * ** Jeff Hanna/Bob Edwards
 * *** Norbert Putnam
 * **** Marshall Morgan