Albert King - The Best Of Albert King

Artist:

King, Albert

UPC:

025218300520

See Also:

Turner, Ike

Description:

Producers: Al Jackson, Jr., Henry Bush, Allen Jones, Don Nix, Donald Dunn, Albert King.
Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand.
Personnel: Albert King (vocals, keyboards).
Liner Note Author: Lee Hildebrand.
Recording information: Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA.
"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. ~ Richie Unterberger

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. I`ll Play the Blues for You, Pts. 1 & 2
2. Killing Floor
3. Honky Tonk Women
4. Sky Is Crying
5. Breaking up Somebody`s Home
6. Hound Dog
7. That`s What the Blues Is All About
8. Angel of Mercy
9. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
10. Can`t You See What You`re Doing to Me
11. Answer to the Laundromat Blues
12. I Wanna Get Funky
13. Blues Power

Album Information

Release Date:

01/01/1986

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Label:

Stax (USA)

Catalog Number:

60005

Original Release Year:

1986

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

61 : 55

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