Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy

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Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
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Greatest hits album by
Buddy Guy
ReleasedJune 15, 1999 (1999-06-15)
Genre Blues
Length65:45
Label Silvertone
Buddy Guy chronology
Heavy Love
(1998)		Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
(1999)		The Complete Vanguard Recordings
(2000)
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Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy is a blues compilation album by Buddy Guy. It was released in 1999 and contains his greatest hits. The album peaked at No. 7 on the Top Blues Albums chart in 1999.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Buddy Guy; except where indicated

  1. "Damn Right, I've Got the Blues" - 4:33
  2. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd, John Lee Hooker) - 8:29
  3. "Mustang Sally" (Sir Mack Rice) - 4:49
  4. "Rememberin' Stevie" - 7:01
  5. "She's a Superstar" - 5:06
  6. "Feels Like Rain" (John Hiatt) - 4:39
  7. "She's Nineteen Years Old" (Muddy Waters) -5:47
  8. "I Smell Trouble" (Don Robey) - 3:19
  9. "Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out, Slippin' In)" (Denise LaSalle) - 4:28
  10. "My Time After Awhile" (Ron Badger, Sheldon Feinberg, Robert Geddins) - 7:45
  11. "Midnight Train" (featuring Jonny Lang) (Roger Reale, Jon Tiven) - 5:23
  12. "Miss Ida B" (Roosevelt Sykes) - 6:33
  13. "Need Your Love So Bad" (Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.) - 2:58
  14. "Innocent Man/Mannish Boy/Backdoor Man" - 5:47

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References

  1. ↑ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 235. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.


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