by B.B. King List Price:$13.00 Our Price:$13.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Product Details
Media: Audio CD
Release Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Label: Geffen Records
Average Customer Review: 5 Based on 7 reviews.
Sales Rank: 624
Tracks
1.
Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
2.
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
3.
Please Love Me
4.
Rock Me Baby
5.
Sweet Little Angel
6.
Sweet Sixteen Parts One & Two
7.
Ten Long Years
8.
The Thrill Is Gone
9.
There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
10.
Three O' Clock Blues
11.
When Love Comes To Town
12.
You Upset Me, Baby
13.
Never Make A Move Too Soon
14.
I'll Survive
15.
I Like To Live The Love
16.
How Blue Can You Get?
17.
Everyday I Have The Blues
18.
Don't Answer The Door
19.
Chains And Things
20.
Better Not Look Down
21.
Ain't Nobody Home
Editorial Review
B.B. King's music has been anthologized and put in box sets many times, but this is the first single-disc collection that truly spans the American icon's career. It starts with his breakthrough 1951 No. 1 R&B hit "Three O'Clock Blues" and ends, chronologically, with 2000's "Ten Long Years" from his platinum-selling, pop-chart-topping smash collaboration with Eric Clapton, Riding with the King. In between there are 19 numbers that trace King's creative peaks (1969's "The Thrill is Gone," 1960's "Rock Me Baby") and valleys (1973's disco-inspired "I Like to Live the Love"). And they all tell the story of his growth as a performer. As the years and tunes tumble by, King's guitar solos become more expansive and adventurous, and his cross-genre experiments, like 1987's "When Love Come to Town" with U2, grow bolder. "I'll Survive," also featured here, has become King's late-career theme song, but as he heads toward his 80th birthday on September 16, 2005--still playing 150 concerts a year with his vastly influential guitar skills sharp and his voice just a bit weathered--King's version of survival contains genuine majesty. --Ted Drozdowski
Top Customer Reviews
Rating:
5 ****1/2 - the finest introduction yet
Finally - a really good single-disc compilation which doesn't exclude King's earliest (and best) material. Much better than "Greatest Hits" and more affordable than various multi-disc compilations, "The Ultimate Collection" is the place to start for newcomers and curious listeners who want to know what Riley "B.B." King is all about."Three O'Clock Blues", "You Upset Me Baby", "Sweet Little Angel"...this is not everything you could ever want from B.B. KIng, but it is a very fine place to start.
Rating:
5 The Growth of a Legend
This collection of great songs begins with the early hits and moves thru time to the more recent collaborations with U2 and Eric Clapton. You can really hear B.B. King grow as an artist as the album progresses and recording techniques improve. The songs themselves are truly classic : the lyrics to How Blue Can You Get belong in a museum. I especially recommend Paying The Cost To Be The Boss , Never Make A Move Too Soon, and his signature song, The Thrill Is Gone. There is no way that any blues fan cannot enjoy this cd
Rating:
5 unbelievable
i've never heard music so moving in my entire life, this is the ultimate addition to anyones collection, get it or be lost
