The Essential by Earl Thomas Conley highlights the gruff-voiced country singer's 20 chart-topping entries from the late '70s and early '80s. These original RCA recordings include "Holding Her and Loving You," "Angel in Disguise," "Chance of Loving You," and his first number one single, "Fire and Smoke." For anyone looking for a "greatest" of Conley to add to their collection, they need look no further than here. Released in 1996, 20 tracks, including:
01- Fire and Smoke
02- Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
03- Heavenly Bodies
04- I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)
05- Angel in Disguise
06- Don't Make It Easy for Me
07- Your Love's on the Line
08- Holding Her and Loving You
09- That Was a Close One
10- I Can't Win for Losin' You
11- Chance of Lovin' You
12- Honor Bound
13- Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)
14- Nobody Falls Like a Fool
15- Once in a Blue Moon
16- Right from the Start
17- What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)
18- Love Out Loud
19- What I'd Say
20- Brotherly Love [With Keith Whitley]