The Collection

by Howlin' Wolf

The Collection cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 48:39
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A budget collection of Howlin' Wolf's Chicago recordings, the blues sides cut with Willie Dixon's songs and Hubert Sumlin's guitar. Wolf's enormous voice and stage presence made these records the genre's heavyweight benchmark.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, guitars, male-vocals, rhythmic, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Wang Dang Doodle (2:24)
  2. Spoonful (2:46)
  3. Smokestack Lightnin' (3:04)
  4. Back Door Man (2:50)
  5. Little Red Rooster (2:26)
  6. Do The Do (2:12)
  7. I Ain't Superstitious (2:51)
  8. Tail Dragger (2:56)
  9. Built For Comfort (2:37)
  10. Evil (2:51)
  11. Sittin' On Top Of The World (2:32)
  12. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) (2:50)
  13. The Natchez Burning (2:11)
  14. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (3:03)
  15. Down In The Bottom (2:11)
  16. How Many More Years (2:40)
  17. Killing Floor (2:50)
  18. Going Down Slow (3:25)

Credits

  • Clive Richardson - liner notes
  • Chester Burnett - written-by
  • James B. Oden - written-by
  • Willie Dixon - written-by

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