Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. How Blue Can You Get?
2. Sneakin' Around
3. Help the Poor
4. Stop Leadin' Me On
5. Never Trust a Woman
6. Every Day I Have the Blues - (live at the Regal)
7. Sweet Little Angel - (live at the Regal)
8. All Over Again
9. Don't Answer the Door
10. Gambler's Blues
11. Sweet Sixteen, Parts One & Two - (Parts One & Two)
12. Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
13. Lucille
14. Why I Sing the Blues
15. Please Accept My Love
16. Thrill Is Gone, The
17. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother
18. Hummingbird
19. Chains and Things
DISC 2:
1. Ain't Nobody Home
2. Ghetto Woman
3. I Got Some Help I Don't Need
4. Guess Who
5. To Know You Is to Love You
6. I Like to Live the Love
7. Let the Good Times Roll
8. Never Make Your Move Too Soon
9. Better Not Look Down
10. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
11. Into the Night
12. When It Comes to Town - (7" version, featuring U2)
13. Call It Stormy Monday - (featuring Albert Collins)
14. Playing With My Friends - (featuring Robert Cray)
15. I'll Survive
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Albert Collins, Robert Cray, U2 | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The two-disc GOLD compilation series does its usual superb job with B.B. KING--GOLD. Summing up the blues icon's sprawling, decades-spanning catalogue is no easy task, and the good folks at Geffen deserve all the more credit for pulling together this fine representative sampling. Arranged chronologically, GOLD limits its scope somewhat by beginning with the early 1960s (King began recording in 1949) and stopping in 1999 (though there is ample opportunity for selections on either side of those demarcations).
But whether it's the classy, soulful "How Blue Can You Get?"; the smoking, horn-driven "The Thrill Is Gone"; or his collaboration with U2 on "When Love Comes to Town," what stands out is King's passionate singing and the crying brilliance of his six-string wizardry. GOLD includes many of King's best known tunes ("Lucille" and "Every Day I Have the Blues," for example), but there are enough lesser-known gems among the 34 tracks to give a richly detailed portrait of this genre-defining genius. Neither overwhelming nor too-skimpy, GOLD bests most King compilations on the market.
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