The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover

The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover
Greatest hits album by Billy Ray Cyrus
Released	June 24, 1997
Genre	Country
Label	Mercury
Producer	Various; new tracks produced by Keith Stegall and John Kelton
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
Trail of Tears (1996) The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover (1997) Shot Full of Love (1998)

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Allmusic -	[1]

The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover is a greatest hits album, released in 1997, by country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus. It features three newly released tracks — "It's All the Same to Me", "Cover to Cover", and "Bluegrass State of Mind" — as well as a reprise of "Trail of Tears" from his 1996 album of the same name. "It's All the Same to Me" was a Top 20 hit for Cyrus in 1997 on the Hot Country Songs charts.

Track listing

#	Title	Length	Writer(s)
1.	"It's All the Same to Me"^[A]	4:25	Jerry Laseter, Kerry Kurt Phillips
2.	"Cover to Cover"^[A]	3:11	Gary Burr
3.	"Bluegrass State of Mind"^[A]	4:12	Mark Collie, Alex Harvey
4.	"Trail of Tears"	3:41	Billy Ray Cyrus
5.	"One Last Thrill"	3:38	Dave Loggins, Reed Nielsen
6.	"Storm in the Heartland"	3:53	Donal Burns, Billy Henderson, Curt Ryle
7.	"Words by Heart"	3:07	Nielsen, Monty Powell
8.	"Somebody New"	3:45	Mike Curtis, Harvey
9.	"In the Heart of a Woman"	4:00	Keith Hinton, Brett Cartwright
10.	"She's Not Cryin' Anymore"	3:25	Cyrus, Buddy Cannon, Terry Shelton
11.	"Could've Been Me"	3:44	Nielsen, Powell
12.	"Achy Breaky Heart"	3:23	Don Von Tress

• A^ New recording.

Personnel

The following musicians played on the previously unreleased tracks.^[2]

• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Billy Ray Cyrus – lead vocals
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Leim – drums
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Gary Prim – keyboards
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• John D. Willis – acoustic guitar

Production

• Keith Stegall and John Kelton (tracks 1-3)
• Terry Shelton and Billy Ray Cyrus (track 4)
• Joe Scaife and Jim Cotton (tracks 5-12)

Chart performance

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1997	Top Country Albums	23
	Canadian Country Albums	11

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1997	"It's All the Same to Me"	19	14

References

1. Allmusic - review
2. The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover (Media notes). Billy Ray Cyrus. Mercury Records. 1997. 314-534 837-2.