Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6551 in Music
• Released on: 2005-03-15
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

BB King - The Ultimate Collection
What can I say? It's BB King's greatest hits. If you're a BB King fan who wants to stick one CD in and drive, this is the one!

Poor Recording
This recording is aweful. I've heard B.B. King in concert, and he sounds a lot better than this. This recording makes his voice sound harsh and flat. Maybe the LP is better. Try that instead of the CD.

BBKing the ultimate collection
It is awesome I gave it to a friend for Christmas and she loved it