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The Chicks Ranked: #25 – #1

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The 25 best tracks from the best country act of the last 25 years.

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The middle section of the list is stacked top to bottom with excellent records.  

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With Gaslighter, the Chicks take complete artistic control and fully reclaim their own narrative.  In doing so, they produce their most essential album to date. 

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Mason Lively’s debut album blends neo-traditional country elements in with a little blues-rock and gets his music career off to a very promising start.

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“Hot Corn, Cold Corn” Robert Earl Keen Written By Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Robert Earl Keen has spent the past three decades as one of the most venerated singer-songwriters in country music, particularly within

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