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The Very Best Of Albert King,Albert King

- The Very Best Of Albert King
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Albert King
Released 2007

Playing On Me (Single Version)
03:44
991 plays

That's What The Blues Is All About (Single Version)
03:56
986 plays

Born Under A Bad Sign (Single Version)
02:46
2,149 plays

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songs

- 1
- Laundromat Blues
- 03:09
- 1,600 plays

- 2
- Oh Pretty Woman
- 02:44
- 1,586 plays

- 3
- Crosscut Saw
- 02:35
- 1,559 plays

- 4
- Born Under A Bad Sign (Single Version)
- 02:46
- 2,149 plays

- 5
- Cold Feet
- 02:48
- 1,565 plays

- 6
- (I Love) Lucy
- 02:53
- 1,258 plays

- 7
- Blues Power (Single Version)
- 03:12
- 1,550 plays

- 8
- Drowning On Dry Land (Single Version)
- 03:54
- 1,355 plays

- 9
- Tupelo (Part 1) (Single Version)
- 02:52
- 1,119 plays

- 10
- Water (Single Version)
- 03:07
- 1,110 plays

- 11
- Wrapped Up In Love Again (Single Version)
- 02:18
- 1,044 plays

- 12
- Can't You See What You're Doing To Me (Single Version)
- 03:38
- 1,095 plays

- 13
- Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (Single Version)
- 03:45
- 1,099 plays

- 14
- Angel Of Mercy (Single Version)
- 04:22
- 1,270 plays

- 15
- I'll Play The Blues For You (Part 1) (Single Version)
- 03:42
- 1,490 plays

- 16
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home (Single Version)
- 03:40
- 1,072 plays

- 17
- Playing On Me (Single Version)
- 03:44
- 991 plays

- 18
- That's What The Blues Is All About (Single Version)
- 03:56
- 986 plays

- 19
- Flat Tire (Single Version)
- 04:18
- 1,014 plays

- 20
- Crosscut Saw (1974 Single Version)
- 02:48
- 1,095 plays

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album review

A left-handed, self-taught guitar player who played his instrument upside down and backwards, Albert King could wring out guitar leads that were as sharp as razor blades zinging along a telephone line, but he was also a well-rounded musician, having played drums in Chicago for Jimmy Reed and was a good enough singer to have been part of a gospel quartet called the Harmony Kings. But his claim to fame and history will always be his guitar playing, and in particular, the sides he cut between 1966 and 1974 for Stax Records, the best of which are collected here. Stax was known for its funky Southern soul sides, and the blues wasn't really on the table for the imprint when King cut "Laundromat Blues" for them in 1966. The song did well enough that King became Stax's blues division almost single-handedly, releasing classics like "Crosscut Saw" in 1966 and King's signature tune, "Born Under a Bad Sign," written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones, in 1967. All of these are here, along with a slower and funkier remake of "Crosscut Saw" that King cut for Stax in 1974, making this compilation not only a fine introduction to this fiery guitar player, but also a solid survey of his peak years. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide