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As an artist and as a songwriter Kris Kristofferson holds a special place in country music history. THE ESSENTIAL KRIS KRISTOFFERSON is a definitive 2-CD career spanning compilation of Kris's best-loved recordings. Album tracks include "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Just the Other Side of Nowhere," "Darby's Castle." Higher education and loads of life experience gave this immensely talented songwriter a vast palette. His songs have been covered by over 500 artists, and this 2-CD anthology collects all his essentials Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again); Jesus Was a Capricorn; Why Me; Me and Bobby McGee; Highwayman (with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash); For the Good Times , and 31 more! Album Tracks 1. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down 2. To Beat the Devil 3. Just the Other Side of Nowhere 4. Me and Bobby McGee 5. The Best of All Possible Worlds 6. Casey's Last Ride 7. Help Me Make It Through the Night 8. Darby's Castle 9. Jody and the Kid 10. Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) 11. For the Good Times 12. Come Sundown 13. From the Bottle to the Bottom 14. Billy Dee 15. Breakdown (A Long Way from Home) 16. The Silver Tongued Devil and I 17. The Taker 18. The Pilgrim Chapter 33 (Live) 1. Border Lord 2. The Sabre and the Rose 3. Broken Freedom Song 4. Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine) 5. Shandy (The Perfect Disguise) 6. Sugar Man 7. The Last Time 8. Nobody Wins 9. I'd Rather Be Sorry - Rita Coolidge 10. Highwayman 11. Don't Cuss the Fiddle 12. The Bigger the Fool, the Harder the Fall 13. Stranger 14. If You Don't Like Hank Williams 15. Here Comes the Rainbow Again 16. Once More with Feeling 17. How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around - Willie Nelson 18. Why Me 19. Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends