| The Essential Boz Scaggs | ||||
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| Released | October 29, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–2013 | |||
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| Length | 2:35:49 | |||
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The Essential Boz Scaggs is a compilation album by American musician and songwriter Boz Scaggs, released in 2013. [1] The album includes songs from his studio albums from 1969 to 2013. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| PopMatters | 7/10 [4] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic considered the album to be superior to the 1997 compilation My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology and that the record was "something close to a truly essential Boz Scaggs". [3]
All tracks written by Boz Scaggs, except where noted.
Disc one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'll Be Long Gone" | Boz Scaggs | 4:04 | |
| 2. | "Loan Me a Dime" | Fenton Robinson | Boz Scaggs | 13:04 |
| 3. | "Runnin' Blue" | Scaggs, Pat O'Hara | Boz Scaggs & Band | 3:58 |
| 4. | "We Were Always Sweethearts" | Moments | 3:30 | |
| 5. | "Painted Bells" | Moments | 4:03 | |
| 6. | "Near You" | Moments | 5:00 | |
| 7. | "Dinah Flo" | My Time | 3:05 | |
| 8. | "Might Have to Cry" | My Time | 4:05 | |
| 9. | "You Make It So Hard (To Say No)" | Slow Dancer | 3:34 | |
| 10. | "Slow Dancer" | Scaggs, George Daly | Slow Dancer | 3:15 |
| 11. | "What Can I Say" | Scaggs, David Paich | Silk Degrees | 3:01 |
| 12. | "It's Over" | Scaggs, Paich | Silk Degrees | 2:52 |
| 13. | "Harbor Lights" | Silk Degrees | 5:58 | |
| 14. | "Lowdown" | Scaggs, Paich | Silk Degrees | 5:18 |
| 15. | "Lido Shuffle" | Scaggs, Paich | Silk Degrees | 3:43 |
| 16. | "We're All Alone" | Silk Degrees | 4:14 | |
| 17. | "Hard Times" | Down Two Then Left | 4:30 | |
| Total length: | 1:17:15 | |||
Disc two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Jojo" | Scaggs, David Foster, David Lasley | Middle Man | 5:55 |
| 2. | "Isn't It Time" | Middle Man | 4:55 | |
| 3. | "Simone" | Scaggs, Foster | Middle Man | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Breakdown Dead Ahead" | Scaggs, Foster | Middle Man | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Miss Sun" | Paich | Hits! | 5:32 |
| 6. | "Look What You've Done to Me" | Scaggs, Foster | Hits! | 5:18 |
| 7. | "Heart of Mine" | Bobby Caldwell, Dennis Matkosky, Jason Scheff | Other Roads | 4:14 |
| 8. | "Some Change" | Some Change | 6:12 | |
| 9. | "Sierra" | Some Change | 3:44 | |
| 10. | "As the Years Go Passing By" (Live) | Don Robey | My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology | 4:46 |
| 11. | "It All Went Down the Drain" | Earl King | Come On Home | 5:34 |
| 12. | "Miss Riddle" | Scaggs, Paich, Michael Rodriguez | Dig | 6:28 |
| 13. | "I Just Go" | Dig | 3:37 | |
| 14. | "Thanks to You" | Scaggs, Paich | Dig | 4:50 |
| 15. | "Gone Baby Gone" | Memphis | 3:35 | |
| Total length: | 1:18:33 | |||
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 2013 | Columbia Records, Legacy Records [5] | CD, digital download | 88883741212 / 88883741212 |
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