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Better Than the Rest

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Released
  
September 1979

Length
  
27:38

Release date
  
September 1979

Genres
  
Blues rock, Boogie rock

Recorded
  
1974

Producer
  
Danny Lipman

Label
  
MCA Records

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Better Than the Rest(1979)
  
More George Thorogood & The Destroyers(1980)

Artist
  
George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Similar
  
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Better Than the Rest is the third album (mini-album) of songs by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, recorded in 1974 and released in 1979. At the time the songs were recorded, Thorogood was an unknown artist who was not signed to a record label. In 1979, after Thorogood had released his first two official albums on Rounder Records, Better Than The Rest was released by MCA. In 1986, the songs from this album were released on compact disc with the title Nadine using a different track order.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "In the Night Time" (Michael Henderson, Sylvester Rivers) – 3:08
  2. "I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon) – 2:46
  3. "Goodbye Baby" (Joe Josea, Jules Taub, Sam Ling) – 3:08
  4. "Howlin for My Darling" (Dixon, Howlin' Wolf) – 3:24
  5. "My Weakness" (Vetter Smith, Wilson) – 2:26
  6. "Nadine" (Alan Freed, Chuck Berry) – 4:03
  7. "My Way" (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart) – 1:56
  8. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (Eddie Jones) – 2:14
  9. "Worried About My Baby" (Wolf) – 3:29
  10. "Huckle Up Baby" (Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker) – 2:24

Personnel

  • George Thorogood - guitar, vocals
  • Michael Levine - bass
  • Jeff Simon - drums, vocals

    • Album

    Album chart positions are taken from Billboard magazine.

    Songs

    1In the Night Time3:14
    2I’m Ready2:49
    3Goodbye Baby3:13

    References

    Better Than the Rest Wikipedia
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