B.B. King, The Ultimate Collection - 1h 19m 41s

Tracks & Durations

1. Three O'Clock Blues	3:01
2. Please Love Me	2:48
3. You Upset Me Baby	3:01
4. Sweet Sixteen, Parts One & Two	6:12
5. Rock Me Baby	2:58
6. How Blue Can You Get?	2:41
7. Every Day I Have The Blues (live)	2:40
8. Sweet Little Angel (live)	3:46
9. Don't Answer The Door	5:10
10. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss	2:33
11. The Thrill Is Gone	5:25
12. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother	1:26
13. Chains And Things	4:53
14. Ain't Nobody Home	3:14
15. I Like To Live The Love	3:17
16. Never Make A Move Too Soon	5:30
17. Better Not Look Down	3:20
18. There Must Be A Better World Somewhere	3:46
19. When Love Comes To Town (7" version)	4:17
20. Ten Long Years	4:40
21. I'll Survive	4:50

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Review

B.B. King's music has been anthologized and put in box sets many times, but this is the first single-disc collection that truly spans the American icon's career. It starts with his breakthrough 1951 No. 1 R&B hit "Three O'Clock Blues" and ends, chronologically, with 2000's "Ten Long Years" from his platinum-selling, pop-chart-topping smash collaboration with Eric Clapton, Riding with the King. In between there are 19 numbers that trace King's creative peaks (1969's "The Thrill is Gone," 1960's "Rock Me Baby") and valleys (1973's disco-inspired "I Like to Live the Love"). And they all tell the story of his growth as a performer. As the years and tunes tumble by, King's guitar solos become more expansive and adventurous, and his cross-genre experiments, like 1987's "When Love Come to Town" with U2, grow bolder. "I'll Survive," also featured here, has become King's late-career theme song, but as he heads toward his 80th birthday on September 16, 2005--still playing 150 concerts a year with his vastly influential guitar skills sharp and his voice just a bit weathered--King's version of survival contains genuine majesty. --Ted Drozdowski

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