Chuck Berry - The Definitive Collection [Remastered]

Artist Chuck Berry

Title The Definitive Collection

Language English

Format MP3 192 kb/s

Release Date 2006

Files 30

Time 76:41

Size 105.0 MB

Genre Rock & Roll







1. Maybellene

2. Thirty Days

3. You Can't Catch Me

4. Too Much Monkey Business

5. Roll Over Beethoven

6. Brown Eyed Handsome Man

7. Havana Moon

8. School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)

9. Rock And Roll Music

10. Oh, Baby Doll

11. Reelin' And Rockin'

12. Sweet Little Sixteen

13. Johnny B. Goode

14. Around And Around

15. Beautiful Delilah

16. Carol

17. Memphis, Tennessee

18. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller

19. Little Queenie

20. Almost Grown

21. Back In The U.S.A.

22. Let It Rock

23. I'm Talking About You

24. Come On

25. Nadine

26. You Never Can Tell

27. Promised Land

28. No Particular Place To Go

29. I Want To Be Your Driver

30. My Ding-A-Ling [Live, Single Edit]



There have been many, many Chuck Berry compilations released by Chess over the years, but as of the spring of 2006, there was no comprehensive single-disc set in print; there was the double-disc 2005 set Gold, which itself was a retitled reissue of 2000's Anthology, but the classic comp The Great Twenty-Eight was long out of print, and nothing had replaced it until the 2006 release of The Definitive Collection. This generous 30-track selection offers nearly everything that was on The Great Twenty-Eight and in nearly the same sequence "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "Roll Over Beethoven" are swapped, for instance, but it's not really a noticeable change. "Bye Bye Johnny" is the only song missing from The Great Twenty-Eight, which is not a huge omission, especially since it's been replaced with two great singles, "You Never Can Tell" and "Promised Land." "My Ding-A-Ling" is also here and, while it is a worse song than "Bye Bye Johnny," it was Chuck's only number one single, so its inclusion makes sense and it hardly sinks a collection that is by far the best, most comprehensive single-disc Chuck Berry set yet assembled. Sure, there are some great Berry songs that are absent, but all the major songs are here; plus, if you need more than 30 songs, turn to either Gold or The Chess Box. If you want a single-disc best-of collection of all of Chuck's finest, this is the one to get.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Definitive-Collection/dp/B001NZ5R6S