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. 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 PeakPosition 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
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