Best of B.B. King: Blues on Top of Blues

B.B. King | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Special Products
• ASIN: B000002SYS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,092 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Everyday (I Have The Blues)

2. Three O’Clock Blues

3. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer

4. Why I Sing The Blues

5. A Whole Lot Of Lovin’

6. You Upset Me Baby

7. Sweet Little Angel

8. Ain’t That Just Like A Woman

9. Crying Won’t Help You

10. You Don’t Know

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Blues Album, February 25, 2007

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The Duder "The duder" (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues on Top of Blues (Audio CD)

That 5 is really a 4.5.

I don't write reviews usually but the previous reviewers are entirely misguided and wrong, hence the need for another review. This is NOT a compilation disc- it is not a greatest hits collection, and it is not 70 minutes long. "Blues on Top of Blues" was an ALBUM, and a good one at that. The album is very brassy, as B.B. hired a fellow named Johnny Pate (who also worked with Curtis Mayfield) to help him arrange the songs. There are definite gems here- "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" is a classic, and "Heartbreaker" and "Raining in My Heart" are good cuts. I don't know why I single them out, because it's pretty good end to end- lots of soul, great singing and playing by B.B., and standard era arrangements. This is a major piece that chronicles an important place in B.B. King's career, and should be treated as such. If you are looking for "The Thrill Is Gone," get a different cd, rather than buying this album and then complaining about its absence because you are too stupid to research your purchase!

"Blues on Top of Blues" came out in 1968 (hence the brevity which the other geniuses noted), but it's still pretty much the same quality as the vinyl, so when they remaster it I'll give that the full 5 stars.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blues on top of Blues, June 22, 2006

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Stan M. Strawn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues on Top of Blues (Audio CD)

I had this on vinyl years ago, but lost it. I reordered it on CD because the tunes still ring in my mind. The best horn arrangements I've ever heard on a B.B. King album. Not a lot of guitar, but great vocals, great arrangements, Horns are awesomeat times. So many of his albums just repeat previously recorded stuff- THIS IS A GEM!

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the Bluesway Blues On Top Of Blues, January 31, 2009

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RHC "bobsjazz" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues on Top of Blues: The Best of BB King (Audio CD)

The cd being sold on this page is not the Bluesway album "Blues On Top of Blues"; it is a compilation of B.B. King tracks from his Kent years. They're all great, but the reviews included here are mostly about the Bluesway album of the same title.