The Best of Albert King

~ Release by Albert King (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1I'll Play the Blues for You (Parts 1 and 2)
guitar:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
horn:
The Memphis Horns
vocals:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
orchestra:
The Bar‐Kays
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2017)
recording of:
I'll Play the Blues for You
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Marlon Beach
3.57:14
2Killing Floor
3:04
3Honky Tonk Woman
producer:
Don Nix
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
electric bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
electric guitar:
Jesse ‘Ed’ Davis
percussion:
Sandy Konikoff
remixer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios)
arranger:
Don Nix
cover recording of:
Honky Tonk Women
written in:
Mato Grosso, Brazil (in 1968-12)
writer:
M. Vickery, Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) (in 1968-12) and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (in 1968-12)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Westminster Music Ltd.
3:58
4Sky Is Crying
cover recording of:
The Sky Is Crying
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
Longitude Music Co.
4:08
5Breaking Up Somebody's Home
recording of:
I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
writer:
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Timothy Matthews
publisher:
South Memphis Music and South Memphis Music Inc.
3:55
6Hound Dog
cover recording of:
Hound Dog
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber (on 1952-08-12)
composer:
Mike Stoller (on 1952-08-12)
previously attributed to:
Johnny Otis
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane, Cherry Lane Music, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Elvis Presley Music, Gladys Music, Lion Publishing Co., MCA Music Inc. (US-based music publishers), MCA Music Ltd., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!), Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
4:02
7That What the Blues Is All About
producer:
Henry Bush (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
cover recording of:
That's What the Blues Is All About
writer:
Bobby Patterson (Dallas blues vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer) and Jerry Strickland
3:51
8Angel of Mercy
producer:
Henry Bush (producer, songwriter, engineer) and Allen Jones (producer/songwriter/musician/engineer)
cover recording of:
Angel of Mercy
writer:
Homer Banks (soul singer and songwriter) and Raymond Jackson (songwriter, guitarist and producer)
publisher:
East/Memphis Music
4:18
9Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
4:17
10Can't You See What You're Doing to Me
recording of:
Can’t You See What You’re Doing to Me
lyricist and composer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
4:14
11Answer to the Laundromat Blues
recording of:
Answer to the Laundromat Blues
writer:
Albert King (well‐known US blues guitarist & singer)
4:33
12I Wanna Get Funky
4:07
13Blues Power
10:14