I Will Stand by You: The Essential Collection

I Will Stand by You: The Essential Collection is a greatest hits collection by American country music duo The Judds. The album was released on April 5, 2011, via Curb Records, and includes twelve of The Judds' singles and two newly recorded songs. The album's first single, "I Will Stand by You", was released to country radio in late 2010.

I Will Stand by You: The Essential Collection
Greatest hits album by The Judds
Released	April 5, 2011
Recorded	1984–2010
Genre	Country
Length	50:32
Label	Curb
The Judds chronology
Greatest Hits: Limited Edition (2008) I Will Stand by You: The Essential Collection (2011)

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Review scores
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Allmusic

Track listing

1. "Mama He's Crazy" (Kenny O'Dell) - 3:14
2. "Why Not Me" (Harlan Howard, Sonny Throckmorton, Brent Maher) - 3:31
3. "Girls' Night Out" (Maher, Jeff H. Bullock) - 2:54
4. "Love Is Alive" (Kent Robbins) - 4:01
5. "Have Mercy" (Paul Kennerley) - 3:22
6. "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" (Jamie O'Hara) - 4:15
7. "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" (Maher, Don Schlitz) - 2:41
8. "I Know Where I'm Going" (Don Schlitz, Craig Bickhardt, Maher) - 3:39
9. "Turn It Loose" (Schlitz, Bickhardt, Maher) - 3:44
10. "Young Love (Strong Love)" (Kennerley, Robbins) - 4:23
11. "Love Can Build a Bridge" (Paul Overstreet, Naomi Judd, John Barlow Jarvis) - 5:24
12. "Flies on the Butter (You Can't Go Home Again)" (Chuck Cannon, Austin Cunningham, Allen Shamblin) – 4:30
13. "I Will Stand by You" (Steven Lee Olsen, Robert Ellis Orrall) – 3:46
14. "Back Home" – 3:48 (Darrell Scott, Bruce Robison)
    • featuring Alison Krauss

Personnel on new tracks

The Judds

• Naomi Judd – vocals
• Wynonna Judd – vocals

Additional musicians

• Tim Akers – keyboards, organ
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Bob Britt – electric guitar
• Spencer Campbell – bass guitar
• Maurice Carter – background vocals
• Alison Krauss – vocals on "Back Home"
• Gordon Mote – piano, synthesizer
• Don Potter – banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Jaimee Paul Shires – background vocals
• Nir Z. – drums, percussion

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	34