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====New Door years==== While Snider was working on his first record for New Door, UMG released a selection of his Margaritaville and MCA back catalog. The collection, ''That Was Me: 1994-1998'', was released on August 30, 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/that-was-me-the-best-of-todd-snider-1994-1998-mw0000417484 |title= Todd Snider β ''That Was Me: The Best of Todd Snider 1994-1998'' |last= Monger |first= James Christopher |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 30, 2021}}</ref> through their reissue arm, Hip-O Records.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-That-Was-Me-1994-1998/release/2126555 |title= Todd Snider β That Was Me: 1994-1998 |author=<!--Not stated--> |website= Discogs |access-date= August 10, 2021}}</ref> The compilation included seventeen tracks from all three of the albums distributed by MCA, including "Alright Guy" and "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues," plus a previously unreleased cover of "Margaritaville, a breakneck rendition on which he was backed by the Nervous Wrecks. Snider's first release for New Door was ''The Devil You Know'', the acclaimed follow-up to ''East Nashville Skyline'' released on August 8, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-devil-you-know-mw0000571780 |title= Todd Snider β ''The Devil You Know'' |last= Ruhlman |first= William |website= AllMusic |access-date= August 30, 2021}}</ref> Working again with co-producers Will Kimbrough and Eric McConnell, who both played multiple instruments on the album, Snider also was backed on the record by guitarist [[Tommy Womack]], bassists Billy Mercer, Robert Kearns, and Dave Jacques, drummers Paul Griffith and Craig Wright, pianist [[David Zollo|Dave Zollo]], violinist Molly Thomas, and legendary steel guitarist [[Lloyd Green]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-The-Devil-You-Know/release/4186777 |title= Todd Snider β The Devil You Know |author=<!--Not stated--> |website= Discogs |access-date= August 10, 2021}}</ref> The record went to number four on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/todd-snider/chart-history/tln/ |title= Chart History: Todd Snider: Heatseekers Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= August 25, 2006 |magazine= Billboard |access-date= August 13, 2021}}</ref> Christgau gave it an A in his Consumer Guide and called it "better" than its predecessor.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Todd+Snider |title= Todd Snider: Consumer Guide Reviews|last= Christgau|first= Robert |website= Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics |access-date= August 13, 2021 }}</ref> The record was named to several critics' year-end "best" lists, including a number 33 ranking in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s top 50 albums of the year,{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} a number 25 ranking by ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'' magazine, and number 14 by ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine. On October 20, 2006, Snider made a solo acoustic in-store appearance at Grimey's New and Preloved Records in Nashville, performing material from ''The Devil You Know''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Todd-Snider-Live-At-Grimeys-Nashville/release/2444867 |title= Todd Snider β Live With The Devil You Know At Grimey's Nashville 10.20.06 |author=<!--Not stated--> |website= Discogs |access-date= August 13, 2021}}</ref> The performance was recorded and released by New Door on April 3, 2007, as ''Live With The Devil You Know At Grimey's Nashville 10.20.06''. It was his final release on the New Door label.
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