Compiler Andy McKaie Artist Chuck Berry Label Chess Records | Chuck Berry - Anthology
(2000) Live on Stage
(2000) Release date 27 June 2000 Genres Rock music, Rock and roll | |
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Released June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27) Recorded May 21, 1955 – December 22, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois
September 28, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri
February 3, 1972 at the Lanchester Arts Festival, Coventry, England
1973 in New York City Producer Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Esmond Edwards, Andy McKaie Similar Chuck Berry albums, Rock and roll albums |
Anthology is a two-disc compilation album by rock and roll performer Chuck Berry released on July 27, 2000 by Chess Records. The album is intended as an overview of Chuck Berry's song-writing career. It is a two-disc anthology which contains 50 tracks of Chuck Berry's finest songs. It contains every track issued on the previous anthology The Great Twenty-Eight. The album was later reissued and packaged in 2005 as part of Universal Records' Gold series, and simply retitled Gold.
Contents
Critical reception
Robert Christgau states how Anthology is less expensive than The Chess Box, he thinks that it removed several good songs like "Have Mercy Judge" and "Anthony Boy". David McGee, Milo Miles, and Mark Kemp, of Rolling Stone magazine, are of the opinion that Anthology is one of the best of Chuck Berry's compilation albums.
Track listing
All songs written by Chuck Berry, except as indicated. All songs produced by Leonard & Phil Chess, except where indicated.
Disc 1
- "Maybellene" – 2:22
- "Wee Wee Hours" – 3:05
- "Thirty Days" – 2:24
- "You Can't Catch Me" – 2:45
- "Downbound Train" – 2:51
- "No Money Down" – 2:59
- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – 2:18
- "Roll Over Beethoven" – 2:24
- "Too Much Monkey Business" – 2:56
- "Havana Moon" – 3:09
- "School Days" – 2:43
- "Rock and Roll Music" – 2:33
- "Oh Baby Doll" – 2:39
- "Sweet Little Sixteen" – 3:03
- "Guitar Boogie" – 2:21
- "Reelin' and Rockin'" – 3:17
- "Johnny B. Goode" – 2:42
- "Around and Around" – 2:41
- "Beautiful Delilah" – 2:11
- "House Of Blue Lights" (Don Raye, Freddie Slack) – 2:29
- "Carol" – 2:50
- "Jo Jo Gunne" – 2:47
- "Memphis" – 2:15
- "Sweet Little Rock & Roller" – 2:24
- "Little Queenie" – 2:44
- "Almost Grown" – 2:19
Disc 2
- "Back in the U.S.A." – 2:29
- "Do You Love Me" – 2:24
- "Betty Jean" – 2:28
- "Childhood Sweetheart" – 2:45
- "Let It Rock" – 1:49
- "Too Pooped To Pop" – 2:37
- "I Got to Find My Baby" – 2:17
- "Don't You Lie to Me" – 2:05
- "Bye Bye Johnny" – 2:07
- "Jaguar & Thunderbird" – 1:52
- "Down the Road a Piece" (Raye) – 2:16
- "Confessin' the Blues" (Jay McShann, Walter Brown) – 2:10
- "I'm Talking About You" – 1:51
- "Come On" – 1:51
- "Nadine (Is It You?)" – 2:36
- "You Never Can Tell" – 2:44
- "Promised Land" – 2:25
- "No Particular Place to Go" – 2:44
- "Dear Dad" – 1:52
- "I Want to Be Your Driver" – 2:17
- "Tulane" – 2:39
- "My Ding-a-Ling (Live, Single Edit)" – 4:19
- Produced by Esmond Edwards
- "Reelin' and Rockin (Live)" – 7:04
- Produced by Esmond Edwards
- "Bio" – 4:24
Personnel
Per the liner notes
Songs
1Maybellene2:21
2We We Hours3:05
3Thirty Days2:24