House of Blues: Essential Women in Blues

Various Artists - Blues, House Of Blues (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 28, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: House of Blues
• ASIN: B000003QY8
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,789 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. A Fool in Love - Marcia Ball/Angela Strehli/Lou Ann Barton

2. Jump for Joy - Koko Taylor

3. I Don't Want No Man - Big Time Sarah

4. Wild Women (Don't Have the Blues) - Ida Cox

5. If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It - Ruth Brown

6. Trouble in Mind - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

7. I Got Myself a Workin' Man - Alberta Hunter

8. No! I Ain't Gonna Let You Go - Candye Kane

9. Why Young Men Go Wild - Lavelle White

10. Do Your Duty - Bessie Smith

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Better Left Unsaid - Michelle Willson

2. Two-Fisted Mama - Katie Webster

3. Gabbin' Blues - Big Maybelle

4. Satisfy Me - Becky Barksdale

5. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - 'Ma' Rainey

6. Black Snake Blues - Sippie Wallace

7. Evil Gal Blues - Dinah Washington

8. Hound Dog - Willie Mae Thornton

9. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl - Nina Simone

10. The Spirit Returns - Rory Block

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamite music, great fun., August 18, 1999

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This review is from: House of Blues: Essential Women in Blues (Audio CD)

This is without a doubt one of the most enjoyable and fun CD sets I've heard in a long time. I am even ordering two more sets for a friend to give as gifts. It would be hard to pick favorites here, but Ruth Brown, Candye Kane, Alberta Hunter and Bessie Smith would be at the top. Anyone who likes vintage and contemporary blues would do well to buy this set.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Retrospective, December 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: House of Blues: Essential Women in Blues (Audio CD)

This is a great CD set for the Blues afficionato as well as those just getting their feet wet. The songs cover the spectrum from classic to contemporary, and the recording sounds excellent. The closest thing I have to a complaint about it is that it might have been nice if the songs were organized more chronologically so that the musical and stylistic evolutions were more gradual and kinder to the listening ear. Still, this is by far my favorite collection, and my most listened to blues CD.

5.0 out of 5 stars I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CD, December 5, 2006

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Carol A. Colomb-behm "Carey" (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This is one CD I never tire of! Everyone I have turned on to this CD feels the same way! The music is timeless.