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| 1. I Can't Be Satisfied |
| 2. I Feel Like Going Home |
| 3. Train Fare Blues |
| 4. Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1 |
| 5. Rollin' Stone |
| 6. Louisiana Blues |
| 7. Long Distance Call |
| 8. Honey Bee |
| 9. She Moves Me |
| 10. Still A Fool |
| 11. Standing Around Crying |
| 12. Baby Please Don't Go |
| 13. I Want You To Love Me |
| 14. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man |
| 15. I Just Want To Make Love To You |
| 16. I'm Ready |
| 17. Young Fashioned Ways |
| 18. Mannish Boy |
| 19. Sugar Sweet |
| 20. Trouble No More |
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One of the best recordings in Chess Records' 50th Anniverary series is the first of two bookend Muddy Waters collections, His Best 1947-55. Documenting Waters's most creatively and commercially successful years at Aristocrat/Chess, this collection begins with his formative years and ends with Waters at his peak. So you're in for a lot of terrific bottleneck slide guitar work as well as electric Chicago blues; what's to criticize? Superb remasterings of "I Can't Be Satisfied", "Rollin' and Tumblin'," "I'm Ready", and "Mannish Boy" are simply beyond reproach. With simple bass accompaniment from Ernest "Big" Crawford, Waters's bottleneck tracks are spare, haunting and, quite frankly, perfect country blues. And listening to Waters, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, and Jimmy Rogers piece together (and perfect very quickly) the classic Chicago sound is pure blues epiphany. At the very least, this collection shows you why Waters's rollicking stop-time classics like "Mannish Boy" and "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" have sparked endless imitations over the years--and why nobody has played them better since. --Ken Hohman
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When Muddy took the traditional Delta blues he'd mastered in Mississippi and put a new urban charge into it, Chess Records was there and Chicago blues (not to mention rock 'n' roll) would never be the same. This collection features 20 of his classic early sides, including I'm Your Hoochie Koochie Man; Mannish Boy; I'm Ready; I Just Want to Make Love to You; Rollin' Stone , and many more.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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"Excellent compilation", eh? So why only four stars?
Well, the track selection is really good, bringing together almost all the best of Muddy Waters' rough, muscular blues. Or rather, the best of 1947-55, which is why this is "only" a four star-compilation: It's not a career spanning retrospective, and it doesn't work all that well on its own.
Well, the track selection is really good, bringing together almost all the best of Muddy Waters' rough, muscular blues. Or rather, the best of 1947-55, which is why this is "only" a four star-compilation: It's not a career spanning retrospective, and it doesn't work all that well on its own.
But get this CD along with its companion volume, "His Best: 1956-1964", which also features 20 tracks, and you'll have a really fine career overview, second only to the three-disc "Chess Box" set (and perhaps the 50-track "The Anthology: 1947-1972").
This CD only has one significant flaw: A production error means than a sloppy alternate take of "Hoochie Coochie Man" is included instead of the master. Otherwise, it's just about as fine a compilation as you could wish for, including Muddy's first single, the slashing acoustic slide guitar blues "I Can't Be Satisfied", and tough, electric Chicago classics like "Honey Bee", "I'm Ready", "Trouble No More", and "I Just Want To Make Love To You".
Just remember that this isn't the definitive word on Muddy Waters - he made superb songs after 1955 as well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This is the real deal. This is where rock and roll began, folks. Muddy Waters and his slide guitar, Willie Dixon's bass and Little Walter's harmonica. These twenty songs have had a profound influence on the music of the past fifty years. So many songs on here are classics, you have probably heard many of them even if you don't listen to the blues. They're that much a part of our culture. Muddy Waters will forever be remembered as not only one of the greatest bluesmen, but also one of the founders of rock and roll.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
This album blew my mind and is essential listening for any lover of blues, rock or any form of music(interested listeners are requested to also check out Howlin' Wolf 'His Best' CD issued simultaneously by Chess Records).
Nearly 50 odd years later the music sounds as fresh as yesterday. If this isn't where all the rock maestros of later years got their sonic ideas, it should have been.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Classic Music
These are the seminal years of the second, the electric wave of Chicago Blues. Muddy Water's collaborations, especially with Willie Dixon here, created the modern Chicago blues... Read more
Published on Jan 2 2004 by Tony Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars
There is not a finer collection...
...of Muddy's earlier works out there to my knowledge. It features such essentials as "Can't Be Satisfied", "Hoochie Coochie Man", and "Mannish Boy", showing Muddy's transition... Read more
Published on Aug 6 2003 by Joele Poet
5.0 out of 5 stars
5-stars ...OBVIOUSLY
B.B. King called Muddy Waters the greatest of the great and this CD demonstrates why. Rough. Raw. Filled with emotion. Read more
Published on Jun 19 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dear Amazon.com can I give this CD a 6?
I am a writer and ordinarily I can wax on into infinity. With "His Best" by Muddy Waters I'll keep it short and sweet--Muddy is rocking, at his best,(no doubt) mellow, spiritual,... Read more
Published on May 22 2003 by Stephanie Rose Bird
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!
This recording of Muddy Waters was a journey back through time. There is nothing phony, electric or amplified about these blues. This is blues with soul. Read more
Published on Oct 10 2002 by Michael D. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply classic blues recordings by a true blues giant
The two volumes of Muddy waters best provide a good overview of his powerful and influential recordings as they go from amplified country blues to full Chicago Blues band tracks... Read more
Published on Sep 3 2002 by R. Weinstock
5.0 out of 5 stars
Did Someone Say Sexy?
Although I sometimes think Muddy's vocal stylings edge toward the artificial, what cannot be debated is that this CD contains just about the sexiest set of songs on one CD. Read more
Published on Sep 20 2001 by VPerry_co_dutchess
5.0 out of 5 stars
ESSENTIAL EVEN FOR NON BLUES LOVER
These are the songs that the BRITISH INVASION groups played to death in the sixties;here's your chance to hear the originals in this wonderful collection. Read more
Published on Aug 6 2001 by ALAIN ROBERT
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must-have
I'm willing to stick my neck out and assert that Muddy Waters was the greatest blues performer in history. Read more
Published on Nov 29 2000 by "redcraze"
3.0 out of 5 stars
raw blues
harsh lyrics that somewhat take away from the emotive factor of the instrumentals, john lee seems to be a better choice when heading in this vein of the blues
Published on Sep 21 2000 by Mr. Egregious
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