The Great Twenty-Eight

by Chuck Berry

The Great Twenty-Eight cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: January 1982
  • Label: Chess
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:55
  • Community rating: 4.5/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Widely considered one of the most essential overviews in popular music history, 'The Great Twenty-Eight' chronicles the extraordinary peak of rock and roll's premier architect. The double-LP traces Berry's unmatched run of late 1950s and early 1960s singles, highlighting his defining double-stop guitar riffs and revolutionary, teenage-focused lyrical narratives. The compilation essentially functions as the foundational blueprint for modern rock songwriting, deeply influencing everyone from The Beatles to the punk vanguard.

Genres

Descriptors: party

Tracklist

  1. Maybellene (2:18)
  2. Thirty Days (2:24)
  3. You Can't Catch Me (2:42)
  4. Too Much Monkey Business (2:53)
  5. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (2:17)
  6. Roll Over Beethoven (2:23)
  7. Havana Moon (3:05)
  8. School Days (2:40)
  9. Rock And Roll Music (2:30)
  10. Oh Baby Doll (2:33)
  11. Reelin' And Rockin' (3:14)
  12. Sweet Little Sixteen (2:55)
  13. Johnny B. Goode (2:38)
  14. Around And Around (2:35)
  15. Carol (2:46)
  16. Beautiful Delilah (2:08)
  17. Memphis (2:12)
  18. Sweet Little Rock And Roller (2:20)
  19. Little Queenie (2:38)
  20. Almost Grown (2:19)
  21. Back In The USA (2:25)
  22. Let It Rock (1:50)
  23. Bye Bye Johnny (2:03)
  24. I'm Talking About You (1:48)
  25. Come On (1:50)
  26. Nadine (2:30)
  27. No Particular Place To Go (2:44)
  28. I Want To Be Your Driver (2:15)

Credits

  • Chuck Berry - primary artist, lead guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Willie Dixon - bass
  • Jasper Thomas - drums
  • Jerome Green - maracas
  • Johnnie Johnson - piano
  • Alan Freed - written-by
  • Russ Fratto - written-by
  • Ebby Hardy - drums

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