Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen

by The Kingsmen

Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:05:15
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Mark Wildey, Jerry Dennon, Paul Tannen, Jerden Productions, Dick Peterson, Mike Mitchell, Barry Curtis, Gary Abbott, Don Gallucci, Bob Nordby, Norm Sundholm, Stan Green, Lynn Easton, Jack Ely

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen' collects the Portland band whose 1963 recording of the title song became the archetypal American garage record. Its famously unintelligible vocal prompted an FBI obscenity investigation and endless cover versions.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, guitars, fuzz, retro, raucous

Tracklist

  1. Louie Louie (2:45)
  2. Money (That's What I Want) (2:19)
  3. Jolly Green Giant (1:59)
  4. Little Latin Lupe Lu (2:27)
  5. Death Of An Angel (2:34)
  6. Annie Fannie (2:05)
  7. The Climb (2:33)
  8. Killer Joe (2:16)
  9. Little Sally Tease (2:55)
  10. Don't You Just Know It (2:58)
  11. That's Cool, That's Trash (2:14)
  12. Long Green (2:40)
  13. Shout (2:26)
  14. Mashed Potatoes (Live Instrumental) (2:33)
  15. Little Green Thing (1:59)
  16. Shake A Tail Feather (2:15)
  17. Mustang Sally (2:24)
  18. I Like It Like That (1:57)
  19. Twist And Shout (3:01)
  20. Do You Love Me (2:39)
  21. New Orleans (2:27)
  22. Fever (3:05)
  23. Gimmie Some Lovin' (3:03)
  24. Tall Cool One (Live Instrumental) (2:38)
  25. Long Tall Texan (2:48)
  26. Night Train (Live Instrumental) (2:15)

Credits

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