The Definitive Collection

by John Lee Hooker

The Definitive Collection cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Hip-O
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:04:01
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A twenty-track career collection by John Lee Hooker, running from 'Boogie Chillen'', his 1948 breakthrough, to the collaborations of 'The Healer' era. Hooker's one-chord boogie and spoken-sung delivery remain the constant across five decades of recording.

Genres

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

Tracklist

  1. Trouble Blues (2:44)
  2. Baby Lee (2:49)
  3. Dimples (2:11)
  4. Every Night (2:57)
  5. I Love You Honey (2:31)
  6. I'm In The Mood (2:42)
  7. Little Wheel (2:34)
  8. I See You When You're Weak (2:51)
  9. I'm So Excited (2:51)
  10. Crawlin' Kingsnake (2:43)
  11. Wheel And Deal (2:30)
  12. I'm Going Upstairs (2:52)
  13. The Road Is So Rough (3:01)
  14. Boom Boom (2:29)
  15. I'm Mad Again (2:36)
  16. Boogie Chillun (2:34)
  17. Don't Look Back (2:52)
  18. Mama You Got A Daughter (2:36)
  19. Solid Sender (2:33)
  20. Want Ad Blues (2:12)
  21. Hard Headed Woman (2:29)
  22. This Is Hip (2:27)
  23. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (3:29)
  24. She's Long, She's Tall (2:28)

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