Personnel: Allison Moorer (vocals); Jared Reynolds (vocals, keyboards); Lonesome Bob, Shelby Lynne (vocals); Danny Amis, Eddie Angel, Joe McMahan (guitar); Kenny Greenberg (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, gut-string guitar); Joe Spivey (acoustic guitar, fiddle); Darrell Scott (acoustic guitar); Rick Plant (electric guitar, banjo); Jay Bennett (electric guitar, piano, Mellotron); David Grissom, Mike Noble (electric guitar); Pete Finney (steel guitar); Dan Dugmore, Russ Pahl (pedal steel guitar); Tracy Hackney (dulcimer); Chris Carmichael (violin); Larry Franklin (fiddle); Nashville String Machine (strings); Jim Hoke (harmonica, clarinet); Steve Conn (accordion); Michael Webb (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Tony Harrell (harmonium); Tim Lauer (Hammond b-3 organ); Glenn Wolf (double bass); Dave Pomeroy, Michael Rhodes , Mike Brignardello, Peter Curry, Dave Roe, Alison Presswood (bass guitar); Greg Morrow, Harry Stinson, Jimmy Lester, Kenneth Blevins, Paul Griffith, Rick Schell, Chad Cromwell (drums); Eric Darken, Manfred Jerome (percussion); John Wesley Ryles, Kim Morrison, Russ Taff, Ashley Cleveland, Louise Red, Yvonne Hodges (background vocals).

Recording information: 1998 - 2003.

Ensemble: Los Straitjackets.

Arrangers: Chris Carmichael; Paul Gannon.

Shelby Lynne is one of the few artists that can appeal to fans of rock, mainstream pop, and both traditional and contemporary country. While Lynne's music touches on all these styles, her success has more to do with her fine songwriting, moving performances, and her gutsy determination to go her own way.

DEFINITIVE COLLECTION is the ideal introduction to Lynne's eclectic approach. The first few tracks reach back to the artist's albums from the late 1980s and '90s, touching on her experiments with Western Swing, Nashville-flavored country, and AOR-style balladry. But the set takes off with the seven tracks from her Grammy-winning 2000 disc I AM SHELBY LYNNE. Utterly distinctive, and drawing on everything from gospel to hard rock to R&B and electronica, Lynne's vision is represented in full flower here. The rest of the tracks, culled from her three succeeding albums, are equally impressive, making for a wonderful overview of this unique, unclassifiable talent.