Albert King - The Best Of Albert King (1989)

Tracklist

01. I'll Play The Blues For You (Album Version - (Parts 1 & 2))
02. Killing Floor (Album Version)
03. Honky Tonk Woman (Album Version)
04. The Sky Is Crying
05. Breaking Up Somebody's Home (Edit)
06. Hound Dog (Album Version)
07. That's What The Blues Is All About
08. Angel Of Mercy
09. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (Album Version)
10. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me (Album Version)
11. Answer To The Laundromat Blues (Album Version)
12. I Wanna Get Funky (Album Version)
13. Blues Power (Live)

"The best of Albert King"? More like the best material that he happened to record for Stax between 1968 and 1973. Even that's debatable, the 13 tracks including covers such as "Honky Tonk Woman," "Sky Is Crying," and "Hound Dog." It does present a reasonable cross-section of his soul-inflected work of the period, drawing from over a half-dozen LPs and a couple of singles, though you might be as well or better off with his more focused individual titles. And for the true "best of Albert King," Rhino's Ultimate Collection remains the hands-down winner.

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