Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock [Original recording remastered]

George Thorogood & The Destroyers, George Thorogood, George Thorogood And The Destroyers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Capitol Records
• ASIN: B00020HB1Y
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,970 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #8 in Music > Blues > Slide Guitar
  • #89 in Music > Rock > Blues Rock

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Anything you could want to hear...almost!, December 28, 2004

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T. Long "20+ year fan!" (Delaware Neighbor) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock (Audio CD)

I spent the better part of four hours last weekend racing on an X-Box with a friend. The finest part was turning down the video soundtrack and substituting George Thorogood's 30 Years of Rock collection! Talk about adrenaline pumping tunes!! The collection and body of work offered by this man has stood the test of time over these years, and is summarized beautifully in this anthology. The only disappointment was "Ride On Josephine" is conspicuously absent from the CD. Oh well...can't have everthing. I'll just have to buy another thoroughly good Thorogood CD to get that track! Ride on, George...ride on!

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorogood rocks., July 9, 2005

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Nicholas J. Bertollo (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock (Audio CD)

I found this album in Wal Mart for nine bucks, and at that price it was an absolute steal.

This has got George's best known songs on it as well as two great live cuts. Great all-American rock and roll. When I hear "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" I get goosebumps. I could've done without the remix of "Who Do You Love?", especially when you consider (as another reviewer pointed out) "Ride On Josephine" isn't on this, but that's seriously a minor quibble for the insane price I nabbed this for. I love it and I'm glad I've got in in the old music collection.

Maybe when I'm out of college and have some money to burn I'll get George's catalogue, but for now this greatest hits comp is a can't miss.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Blues Guitar Player From Delaware?, March 3, 2006

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D. MILLS (Manassas, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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It sounds crazy, but it's true. This guy is a fantastic blues guitar player, and he's from the State of Delaware. And this CD is a collection of his finest songs from over the past three decades. It's a great CD and a must have for any fan of blues guitars.

Thorogood is a true blues musician, every song, every lick inspired by the blues. He never strayed. In his music you hear the influence of greats like John Lee Hooker, Elmore James and Muddy Waters, but Thorogood plays it in his own energetic style. He won't be remembered as a great technician. SRV or Albert King could pick circles around him in their sleep. But he has created a distinct innovative modern blues style that hopefully will influence many others.

A must add that I just love the sound of that Gibson ES-125 with P-90s. It has a very distinctive sound that you just can't get with most other guitars, and that sound is a perfect complement to the blues as Lonesome George so beautifully demonstrates on all the songs on this CD.