Sho' Nuff (album)

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Sho' Nuff: The Complete Black Crowes
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Released1998
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Length116:05
Label American

Sho' Nuff: The Complete Black Crowes is a five-disc box set from The Black Crowes. It contains their first four studio albums and a bonus live EP. The studio albums were remastered, contain bonus tracks and each include a screen saver and music videos presented in multimedia format. The Sho' Nuff edition of Amorica includes neither 'Tied Up and Swallowed' (bonus track on the original 1994 CD release) nor 'Chevrolet' (bonus on the Japanese release).

Contents

The EP consists of five tracks recorded live at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, between March 18–22, 1995. The box also includes two Black Crowes stickers.

All discs were printed on the American Recordings label (the first two had originally been released on Def American, the label's original name).

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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Sho' Nuff at AllMusic
  2. Everly, Dave (September 5, 1998). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 715. EMAP. p. 46.