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- Date Released: November 29, 2000
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Traditional Blues
- Label: Fantasy / Stax
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We Say...
What did Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan all have in common, aside from being kick-ass axe-slingers? They all worshipped Albert King, a guitarist whose famously irascible personality was matched only by the sheer nastiness of his licks. This 13-track "greatest hits" compilation draws mostly from King's late-'60s and early-'70s work, and his searing playing on "Killing Floor," "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven" and "Sky Is Crying" will make a stone believer out of you as well.
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They Say...
"The best of Albert King"? More like the best material that he happened to record for Stax between 1968 and 1973. Even that's debatable, the 13 tracks including covers such as "Honky Tonk Woman," "Sky Is Crying," and "Hound Dog." It does present a reasonable cross-section of his soul-inflected work of the period, drawing from over a half-dozen LPs and a couple of singles, though you might be as well or better off with his more focused individual titles. And for the true "best of Albert King," Rhino's Ultimate Collection remains the hands-down winner.
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| 01. |  |
I'll Play The Blues For You (Parts 1 And 2) |
7:17 |  |
| 02. | |
Killing Floor |
3:06 | |
| 03. | |
Honky Tonk Woman |
4:00 | |
| 04. | |
Sky Is Crying |
4:11 | |
| 05. | |
Breaking Up Somebody's Home |
3:59 | |
| 06. | |
Hound Dog |
4:04 | |
| 07. | |
That's What The Blues Is All About |
3:54 | |
| 08. | |
Angel Of Mercy |
4:21 | |
| 09. | |
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven |
4:19 | |
| 10. | |
Can't You See What You're Doing To Me |
4:16 | |
| 11. | |
Answer To The Laundromat Blues |
4:36 | |
| 12. | |
I Wanna Get Funky |
4:10 | |
| 13. | |
Blues Power |
10:16 | |
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