The Chess Box

by Willie Dixon

The Chess Box cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Chess
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:52:01
  • Community rating: 4.16/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A definitive, multi-disc retrospective honoring the colossal legacy of the primary architect of the Chicago blues sound. By collecting his own performances alongside his legendary compositions for other artists, the box set underscores his foundational influence on the birth of rock and roll.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. My Babe (2:42)
  2. Violent Love (2:22)
  3. Third Degree (3:16)
  4. Seventh Son (2:54)
  5. Crazy For My Baby (2:51)
  6. This Pain In My Heart (3:19)
  7. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (2:47)
  8. Evil (Is Going On) (2:54)
  9. Mellow Down Easy (2:43)
  10. When The Lights Go Out (2:52)
  11. Young Fashioned Ways (3:00)
  12. Pretty Thing (2:50)
  13. I'm Ready (3:04)
  14. Do Me Right (2:54)
  15. I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:53)
  16. Tollin' Bells (3:06)
  17. 29 Ways (2:09)
  18. Walking The Blues (3:04)
  19. Spoonful (2:47)
  20. You Know My Love (2:42)
  21. You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover (3:10)
  22. I Ain't Superstitious (2:53)
  23. You Need Love (2:42)
  24. Little Red Rooster (2:26)
  25. Back Door Man (2:50)
  26. Dead Presidents (2:46)
  27. Hidden Charms (2:22)
  28. You Shook Me (2:41)
  29. Bring It On Home (2:36)
  30. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (3:06)
  31. Weak Brain, Narrow Mind (4:25)
  32. Wang Dang Doodle (3:02)
  33. The Same Thing - Live At Super Cosmic Jamboree / 1969 (5:56)
  34. Built For Comfort (2:40)
  35. I Can't Quit You Baby (6:41)
  36. Insane Asylum (4:22)

Credits

  • Denny Purcell - lacquer cut by
  • Hank Williams - lacquer cut by
  • Bobby Wood - written-by
  • Ralph Murphy - written-by
  • Michael D. Stewart - written-by
  • Mike Reid - written-by

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