50 Years: The Very Best of Ry Cooder
AlbumTracklist 315:22
Disc 1
| 1 | If the River Was Whiskey (Divin’ Duck Blues) Rising Sons feat. Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder | 2:42 | |
| 2 | Gone Dead Train Randy Newman | 2:56 | |
| 3 | Memo From Turner The Rolling Stones | 4:07 | |
| 4 | Alimony | 2:58 | |
| 5 | Police Dog Blues | 2:48 | |
| 6 | Money Honey | 3:29 | |
| 7 | Hey Porter | 4:42 | |
| 8 | Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All | 3:56 | |
| 9 | Boomer's Story | 4:16 | |
| 10 | Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer | 3:03 | |
| 11 | Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man | 4:31 | |
| 12 | It Hurts Me Too Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts | 5:12 | |
| 13 | Tattler | 4:19 | |
| 14 | I'm a Fool for a Cigarette / Feelin' Good | 4:28 | |
| 15 | If Walls Could Talk | 3:15 | |
| 16 | Mexican Divorce | 3:57 | |
| 17 | The Bourgeois Blues | 3:24 | |
| 18 | He'll Have to Go | 5:09 | |
| 19 | Smack Dab in the Middle | 3:19 | |
| 20 | Goodnight Irene | 4:32 | |
| 21 | Viva Seguin / Do Re Mi [Live] | 5:27 | |
| 22 | Volver, Volver [Live] | 3:59 | |
| 23 | Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) | 3:36 | |
| 24 | Davenport Blues | 2:05 | |
| 25 | Jesse James | 5:04 |
Disc 2
| 1 | Little Sister | 3:52 | |
| 2 | Go Home, Girl | 5:13 | |
| 3 | The Very Thing that Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor) | 5:33 | |
| 4 | Look at Granny Run Run | 3:11 | |
| 5 | 634-5789 | 3:01 | |
| 6 | Why Don't You Try Me | 4:58 | |
| 7 | Crazy ’bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know) | 5:07 | |
| 8 | Texas Bop Ry Cooder & Jim Dickinson | 2:25 | |
| 9 | Blue Suede Shoes | 5:21 | |
| 10 | Gypsy Woman | 4:04 | |
| 11 | Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean | 5:59 | |
| 12 | Which Came First | 3:46 | |
| 13 | Hold That Snake | 2:40 | |
| 14 | Paris, Texas | 2:57 | |
| 15 | Canción Mixteca | 4:16 | |
| 16 | Theme From Alamo Bay | 5:07 | |
| 17 | Cotton Needs Pickin' | 2:58 | |
| 18 | Feelin' Bad Blues | 4:16 | |
| 19 | Get Rhythm | 3:17 | |
| 20 | 13 Question Method | 3:39 | |
| 21 | Going Back to Okinawa | 4:43 | |
| 22 | Across the Borderline | 6:17 | |
| 23 | Big Love Little Village | 6:24 | |
| 24 | Do You Want My Job Little Village | 5:37 | |
| 25 | River Come Down (PKA Bamboo) | 4:14 |
Disc 3
| 1 | Bonde Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder | 5:28 | |
| 2 | Chan Chan Buena Vista Social Club | 4:17 | |
| 3 | You Are My Sunshine | 2:35 | |
| 4 | Caballo viejo Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán | 3:51 | |
| 5 | Poor Man's Shangri-La | 5:29 | |
| 6 | Muy Fifí | 4:05 | |
| 7 | Chinito Chinito | 4:52 | |
| 8 | Suitcase in My Hand | 2:54 | |
| 9 | Sundown Town | 2:57 | |
| 10 | Christmas in Southgate | 3:27 | |
| 11 | Drive Like I Never Been Hurt | 4:07 | |
| 12 | Ridin' With the Blues | 3:01 | |
| 13 | 5000 Country Music Songs | 6:41 | |
| 14 | The Sands of Mexico The Chieftains with Ry Cooder | 4:47 | |
| 15 | El Corrido de Jesse James | 4:17 | |
| 16 | Quick Sand | 3:17 | |
| 17 | Christmas Time This Year | 2:49 | |
| 18 | Delta Time Hans Theessink & Terry Evans feat. Ry Cooder | 3:25 | |
| 19 | Down in Mississippi Hans Theessink & Terry Evans feat. Ry Cooder | 8:54 | |
| 20 | Mutt Romney Blues | 3:45 | |
| 21 | The Wall Street Part of Town | 3:42 | |
| 22 | Going to Tampa | 3:57 | |
| 23 | Take Your Hands Off It | 3:47 | |
| 24 | Crazy 'Bout an Automobile [Live] Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos | 5:08 | |
| 25 | Goodnight Irene [Live] Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos | 7:06 |