Better Than the Rest

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Better Than the Rest
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Studio album by
George Thorogood
ReleasedSeptember 1979
RecordedSeptember 1974
Genre
Length27:38
Label MCA
Producer Danny Lipman
George Thorogood chronology
Move It on Over
(1978)		Better Than the Rest
(1979)		 More George Thorogood & The Destroyers
(1980)
Singles from Better Than the Rest
  1. "My Way"
    Released: 1979
  2. "In the Night Time"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Better Than the Rest is the third album of songs by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, recorded in 1974 and released in September 1979. [4] The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Background and recording

Better Than the Rest was recorded sometime in September 1974, [7] when Thorogood was in a production agreement with Danny Lipman. [8] At the time, Thorogood was an unknown artist and wasn't signed to any label. [9]

According to Thorogood, the band didn't have anything to do with Better Than the Rest, as they didn't own the masters to the album. [10]

Release

MCA Records released Better Than the Rest in September 1979. [4] [7] [11] The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. [5] [6] [7]

CD reissue

In 1986, the songs from this album were released on compact disc with the title Nadine , in a different track order. [12] Better Than The Rest itself was never reissued on CD.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In the Night Time"Michael Henderson, Sylvester Rivers 3:08
2."I'm Ready" Willie Dixon 2:46
3."Goodbye Baby" Joe Josea, Jules Taub, Sam Ling 3:08
4."Howlin for My Darling"Dixon, Howlin' Wolf 3:24
5."My Weakness"Vetter Smith, N. Wilson2:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nadine" Chuck Berry 4:03
2."My Way" Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart 1:56
3."You're Gonna Miss Me"Eddie Jones2:14
4."Worried About My Baby"Howlin' Wolf3:29
5."Huckle Up Baby" Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker 2:24
Total length:27:38

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard) [5] 78
New Zealand (RMNZ) [13] 43

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  2. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 706.
  3. ↑ The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. Virgin. 1998. p. 346.
  4. 1 2 "BETTER THAN THE REST". George Thorogood official website.
  5. 1 2 3 "Billboard 200". Billboard.
  6. 1 2 "George Thorogood Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 uDiscover Team (March 8, 2020). "George Thorogood - Prodigiously-Talented Boogie Blues Guitarist". uDiscover Music.
  8. ↑ "Billboard". Billboard. March 31, 1979. p. 178.
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