| The Rodney Crowell Collection | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Rodney Crowell |
| Cover: | Rodney Crowell Collection.jpg |
| Released: | August 8, 1989 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 46:32[1] |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
| Producer: | various |
| Chronology: | Rodney Crowell |
| Prev Title: | Diamonds & Dirt |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Keys to the Highway |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
The Rodney Crowell Collection is the title of the first compilation album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1989 (see 1989 in country music) by Crowell's former label, Warner Bros. Records, following the huge success of his album Diamonds & Dirt. It features selections from his first three albums that were released under the Warner Bros. label between 1978 and 1981. It charted #65 on the Top Country Albums chart.
The album is the first release of Crowell singing "I Don't Have to Crawl" The Crowell-penned tune was recorded by Emmylou Harris and released in 1981 on her album. Evangeline. Crowell recorded his version in 1984 for what was to be a new album for Warner Bros., Street Language. That album was never released and instead was re-recorded in 1986 for Crowell's new label, Columbia, but without "I Don't Have to Crawl".[2]
Tracklengths vary slightly from album versions with no change to the actual song.