title: Absolutely the Best (Odetta album)
text: # Absolutely the Best (Odetta album)
  
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  Absolutely the Best is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released in 2000.
  
  The focus of the material are the songs Odetta performed when recording for the Tradition label — 11 tracks from Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues and seven from At the Gate of Horn.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
  
  * "Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole)" – 2:50
  * "Joshua" – 1:51
  * "Chilly Winds" – 2:40
  * "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – 1:53
  * "Take This Hammer" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 3:30
  * "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:51
  * "Another Man Done Gone" (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:09
  * "The Midnight Special" – 2:34
  * "Alabama Bound" (Lomax, Lomax) – 1:42
  * "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – 1:48
  * "Glory, Glory" – 2:10
  * "Easy Rider" (Ledbetter) – 5:04
  * "Jack o' Diamonds" – 3:13
  * "Shame and Scandal" – 2:20
  * "'Buked and Scorned" – 2:38
  * "Lowlands" – 2:36
  * "Pretty Horses" – 2:59
  * Spiritual Trilogy: "Oh, Freedom", "Come and Go With Me", "I'm on My Way" – 6:06
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Odetta – vocals, guitar
  * Bill Lee – bass
  * Milt Okun – choir conductor
  