The album featured her most popular recordings occurring in the first several years of her music career.

Two tracks were top 20 hits on the same chart: "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "I've Been Everywhere."

[3] The Best of Lynn Anderson spent a total of 15 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart before reaching number 29 in March 1969.

[4] It additionally reached number 180 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, becoming her first appearance on the latter survey.

[5] The album received positive reception from Allmusic, which rated the release with 4.5 out of 5 stars.