B.B. King Album: «King of the Blues»

Album information

Customers rating: (5.0 of 5)
Title:King of the Blues
Release date:1992-10-20
Type:Audio CD
Label:Mca
UPC:008811067724

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Track listing

1 - 1 Miss Martha Kingimg 2:42
1 - 2 She's Dynamiteimg 2:33
1 - 3 Three O'clock Bluesimg 3:04
1 - 4 Please Love Meimg 2:52
1 - 5 You Upset Me Babyimg 3:05
1 - 6Everyday I HaveThe Blues
1 - 7 Rock Me Baby Jimmy Hughes and B.B. Kingimg 3:00
1 - 8Recession Blues
1 - 9Don't Get Around Much Anymore
1 - 10I'm Gonna Sit 'Til You Give In
1 - 11 Blues At Midnightimg 2:58
1 - 12 Sneakin' Aroundimg 2:06
1 - 13My Baby's Comin' Home
1 - 14Slowly Losing My Mind
1 - 15 How Blue Can You Get?img 5:13
1 - 16Rockin' Awhile (previously unreleased)
1 - 17 Help The Poorimg 2:39
1 - 18Stop Leadin' Me On
1 - 19 Never Trust A Womanimg 2:37
1 - 20Sweet Little Angel: Live Regal Theatre
1 - 21 All Over Againimg 2:36
1 - 22Sloppy Drunk
1 - 23Don't Answer The Door (Parts 1 & 2)
1 - 24I Done Got Wise
1 - 25Think It Over
1 - 26Gamblers' Blues
2 - 1Goin Down Slow Bobby "Blue" Bland and B.B. King
2 - 2Tired Of Your Jive
2 - 3Sweet Sixteen (Parts 1 & 2)
2 - 4 Paying the Cost to Be the Boss Hubert Sumlin, B.B. King, Jimmie Vaughan and Robert Cray Bandimg 2:37
2 - 5I'm Gonna Do What They Do to Me
2 - 6 Lucilleimg 10:17
2 - 7 Watch Yourselfimg 5:51
2 - 8 You Put It on Meimg 2:47
2 - 9Get Myself Somebody
2 - 10 I Want You So Badimg 4:16
2 - 11 Why I Sing the Bluesimg 4:39
2 - 12 Get Off My Back, Womanimg 3:17
2 - 13Please Accept My Love
2 - 14Fools Get Wise
2 - 15 No Goodimg 4:36
2 - 16 So Excitedimg 5:35
3 - 1 The Thrill Is Goneimg 5:18
3 - 2 Confessin' The Bluesimg 4:56
3 - 3 Nobody Loves Me But My Motherimg 1:27
3 - 4 Hummingbirdimg 4:39
3 - 5 Ask Me No Questionsimg 3:21
3 - 6Chains And Thangs
3 - 7 Eyesight To The Blindimg 2:33
3 - 8Niji Baby
3 - 9 Blue Shadowsimg 3:48
3 - 10 Ghetto Womanimg 5:16
3 - 11 Ain't Nobody Homeimg 3:40
3 - 12I Got Some Help I Don't Need
3 - 13 Five Long Yearsimg 3:29
3 - 14 To Know You Is to Love Youimg 8:30
3 - 15 I Like to Live the Love Bobby "Blue" Bland and B.B. Kingimg 3:34
3 - 16Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes
4 - 1 Let the Good Times Roll Bobby "Blue" Bland and B.B. King5:27
4 - 2 Don't You Lie to Meimg 6:13
4 - 3Mother Fuyer
4 - 4 Never Make a Move Too Soonimg 5:34
4 - 5When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)
4 - 6 Better Not Look Downimg 3:23
4 - 7Caldonna: Live Ole Miss
4 - 8 There Must Be a Better World Somewhereimg 3:49
4 - 9Play With Your Poodle (Solo)
4 - 10 Darlin' You Know I Love Youimg 6:10
4 - 11 Inflation Bluesimg 4:15
4 - 12Make Love to Me
4 - 13 Into the Nightimg 4:13
4 - 14Six Silver Strings
4 - 15 When Love Comes to Town U2 and B.B. Kingimg 4:15
4 - 16Right Place, Wrong Time
4 - 17Many Miles Travelled (previously unreleased)
4 - 18 I'm Moving Onimg 4:17
4 - 19 Since I Met You Baby Gene Harris, B.B. King and Philip Morris Super Bandimg 5:50

Review - Product Description

This ain' no one-night stand this time B.B. and Lucille are here for an extended stay! 77 tracks, 30 never on CD and seven never anywhere else, covering the career of the most influential blues guitarist of all time in chronological order. Everyday I Have the Blues; The Thrill Is Gone , and Goin' Down Slow all the classics are here, along with B.B.'s work with Bobby Bland, Duke Ellington, etc., documented by a 72-page color booklet with notes from the man himself!

Review - Amazon.com

This four-CD box set remains the absolutely definitive B.B. King collection, with 77 recordings and a biographical book that contains the great singer-guitarist's own remembrances of his decades-long career. It samples every stage of his development, from his days struggling to craft his music in the shadow of influences like T-Bone Walker and Lonnie Johnson to his latter-day pairings with rockers like Bonnie Raitt and Gary Moore. The one constant is his open-hearted singing and the soulful, contemplative solos he squeezes from his beloved guitar Lucille. These discs, of course, embrace all his essential hits, from his first--1951's "Three O'Clock Blues"--to his 1970 smash "The Thrill Is Gone," which took King to the pop charts and made him a household name. If this package is too lavish for the budget, try the excellent Best of B.B. King, Volume 1, which collects many of King's great early works. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer review

Curtis J. George (Centreville, Maryland)

November 18, 2001

43 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

- B. B. King is the King of the Blues

B. B. King has over 200 albums on the market today, ten of which are labeled "Best of" or "Greatest Hits". With that much music to pick from it sure his hard to find the right ones to purchase. This box set of CDs is one of the best places to start your King collection. It includes four disks with over 75 tracks. The really nice thing about this box set is that each CD has King's hits from different points in time. CD 1 from 1949 to 1966, CD 2 from 1966 to 1969, CD 3 from 1969 to 1975, and CD 4 from 1975 to 1991. The set also includes a very nice 73-page book all about the life and times of this great Blues artist.

Customer review

J. F Kopeck "jkopeck9" (Parkville, Maryland United States)

May 03, 2004

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

- "He paid the Cost , To be the Boss"!

I just bought this box set last week and have been enjoying it like no tomorrow. I have many records of the top Blues singers going back to Robert Johnson and Bessie Smith, but I do believe that this is the best "complete" set on one artist! Man can them songs take you back. If I knew that this collection was this good I would of bought it years ago when it first came out (1992). No matter what your Budget is ,if you are really into the Blues you should buy this set - even if it means eating half lunches for a week or two, you won't be sorry. After hearing these tunes "The Thrill is Back"!

Customer review

Disciple (FL)

March 04, 2006

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

- "King" is an understatement

BB King ranks at the top of blues music and belongs in company with some of the greatest blues artists of all time (i.e. Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, etc). His contributions cannot be overstated. This boxed set, "King of The Blues", is a masterful collection of his best works whether obscure or well known. This is a must own for any fan of blues, jazz or music in general and covers King's contributions from 1949-1991. The thrill is definitely NOT gone.

Customer review

DickThirdleg (Norton, OH)

February 09, 2000

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

- You Need This Set

I was on the line of whether I just liked B.B. or really liked B.B. After I bought this box set I upgraded to loving B.B. This is one of the greatest collections of tunes I have ever heard. Muddy is still the king of blues in my book but B.B. definitely deserves to wear a crown too.

Customer review

J. Carroll "Jack" (Island Heights,NJ)

October 13, 2001

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

- A must for every blues fan

All fans of the blues have their favorite guitar players:Johnny Lee Hooker, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, and the list goes on. But for me B.B. has always been the "King." His distinctive style of playing "Lucille," his masterful grasp of the slow blues and his blistering attck on the fast numbers, and his wonderfully expressive vocals make for one of the most complete artists ever to play music of any kind. This collection, starting from his earliest recordings in 1949 to a few cuts from 1991, is a wonderful way to get a true understanding of the incredible brilliance of this man. Pardon my gushing here, but B.B. King is one of America's true treasures and this box set should be part of any music lover's collection.