The Best of Muddy Waters is a greatest hits album by Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958. The twelve songs were originally issued as singles between 1948 and 1954 and most appeared in Billboard magazine's top 10 Rhythm & Blues Records charts.
The Best of Muddy Waters | ||||
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Greatest hits albumby | ||||
Released | April 1958 (1958-04) | |||
Recorded | Chicago, April 1948 – September 1, 1954 | |||
Genre | Chicago blues | |||
Length | 35:40[1] | |||
Label | Chess | |||
Producer | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess | |||
Muddy Waters chronology | ||||
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The album is the first by Waters and the third by Chess on the long playing (or LP record) format.[2] Chess re-sequenced the tracks and re-titled it Sail On for release in February 1969.[3]
The album was re-released on compact disc in 1997 by Chess and MCA Records. The Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inducted it as a "Classic of Blues Recording" in 1983.[4]
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All tracks are written by McKinley Morganfield a.k.a. Muddy Waters, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Just Want to Make Love to You" | Willie Dixon | 2:49 |
2. | "Long Distance Call" | 2:38 | |
3. | "Louisiana Blues" | 2:49 | |
4. | "Honey Bee" | 3:20 | |
5. | "Rollin' Stone" | 3:05 | |
6. | "I'm Ready" | Dixon | 3:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hoochie Coochie" | Dixon | 2:49 |
2. | "She Moves Me" | 2:54 | |
3. | "I Want You to Love Me" | 3:01 | |
4. | "Standing Around Crying" | 3:19 | |
5. | "Still a Fool" | 3:14 | |
6. | "I Can't Be Satisfied" | 2:41 |
Region | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | Chess | LP | LP 1427 |
Worldwide reissue | Chess | LP | LP CH-9255 |
US | Chess | Cassette | CHC-9255 |
US | Chess/MCA | CD | CHD-31268 |
Japan | MCA | CD | UICY-3199 |