i like the idea that every part of this album and every noise is made by one man playing a guitar and singing, it isn’t over produced in the studio and it doesn’t require many musicians on many instruments to sound great, it is only Jack but there is one exception however because in the song “ New York Town” Jack literally introduces his friend “woody” who he worked with many times during the 1950’s and he contributed by playing guitar and he sang too.Īlmost every song on this album is introduced by Jack and in some cases he tells a story about the song, it seems strange at first because it seems a little unfamiliar but it becomes more familiar the further you get in the album. I really enjoy acoustic music and this album is mostly one man and his acoustic guitar. Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (19.“Hey baby, come here quick, this old cocaine’s going to make me sick cocaine, all around my brain” In 2003, the album was ranked number 21 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the second highest ranking compilation on the list, after Elvis Presley's The Sun Sessions. Goode, who re-appear in track after track. John Lennon said that if you were to rename Rock 'n' Roll to any other name that name should be Chuck Berry, and he wasn't far off.Ĭhuck Berry is also an interesting author in the way that there is a clear universe to his music, populated with characters like Maybellene or Johnny B. This is a pretty amazing collection of hits from the mid-50s to the mid-60s, while none of them were number ones, they are doubtlessly some of the best rock of their time. Elvis completely pales in comparison, you can hear echoes of The Beatles, Beach Boys or even T-Rex here that you can't get in any other of his contemporaries. When you talk about influential early rock and rollers this collection is all the evidence you need to claim Chuck Berry as the most influential of them all.
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