Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood

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Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood
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Compilation album by
Dr. Feelgood
Released9 February 1997
Recorded1974–1996
Genre Rock, pub rock
Label Grand Records - Grand 20
Producer Various
Dr. Feelgood chronology
On The Road Again
(1996)		Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood
(1997)		 Centenary Collection
(1997)
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Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood is a double compilation album by Dr. Feelgood, and was released in February 1997.

Contents

The compilation was edited down from the previously released five CD, Looking Back, box set. [1] Forty tracks from the band were included, incorporating material from vocalist Lee Brilleaux's final concert before his death, and four later efforts with their next singer, Pete Gage. The opening tracks had original guitarist Wilko Johnson in the line-up. [1]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "She Does It Right" (Johnson) (3:22) - from Down by the Jetty
  2. "I Don't Mind" (Johnson) (2:35) - from Down by the Jetty
  3. "All Through the City" (Johnson) (3:01) - from Down by the Jetty
  4. "Keep It Out of Sight" (Johnson) (3:00) - from the b-side of the single "Roxette"
  5. "Roxette" (Johnson) - from Stupidity
  6. "I Can Tell" (McDaniel, Smith) (2:43) - from Malpractice
  7. "Sneakin' Suspicion" (Johnson) (3:50) - from Sneakin' Suspicion
  8. "Back in the Night" (Johnson) (3:08) - from Stupidity
  9. "Going Back Home" (Green, Johnson) (3:40) - from Stupidity
  10. "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" (Leiber, Stoller) (3:49) - from Stupidity
  11. "She's a Windup" (Brilleaux, Martin, Mayo, Sparks) (1:59) - from Be Seeing You
  12. "That's It, I Quit" (Lowe) (2:35) - from Be Seeing You
  13. "Night Time" (Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer) (5:26) - from Private Practice
  14. "Milk and Alcohol" (Lowe, Mayo) (2:55) - from Private Practice
  15. "Put Him Out of Your Mind" (Mayo, Vernon) (3:49) - from Let It Roll
  16. "Shotgun Blues" (Brilleaux, Sparks, Martin, Mayo) (5:51) - from On The Job
  17. "No Mo Do Yakamo" (Krekel) (2:14) - from A Case of The Shakes
  18. "Jumping From Love to Love" (Brilleaux, Fasterley, Sparks, Mayo) (2:51) - from A Case of The Shakes
  19. "Violent Love" (Rush) (2:21) - from A Case of The Shakes
  20. "Rat Race" (Brilleaux, Guitar) (2:43) - from Fast Women and Slow Horses
  21. "Crazy 'Bout Girls" (Guitar) (3:05) - from Fast Women and Slow Horses

Disc two

  1. "Dangerous" (Brilleaux, Mitchell, Morris, Russell, Wallis) (4:08) - from Doctors Orders
  2. "Mad Man Blues" (Hooker) (2:24) - from Mad Man Blues
  3. "Dimples" (Hooker) (2:58) - from Mad Man Blues
  4. "Hunting Shooting Fishing" (Birch, Russell) (3:16) - from Classic
  5. "See You Later Alligator" (Guidry) (4:00) - from Classic
  6. "King For a Day" (Brilleaux, Sparks, Martin, Mayo, Wallis) (2:10) - from Live in London
  7. "Baby Jane" (Bishop, Nesbitt, Reed, Simmons, Wilson) (2:44) - from Live in London
  8. "Sugar Turns to Alcohol" (Birch, Douglas, Dr. Feelgood) (4:43) - from Primo
  9. "Down by the Jetty Blues" (Birch, Dr. Feelgood) (5:51) - from Primo
  10. "Double Crossed" (Walwyn) (3:32) - from The Feelgood Factor
  11. "Wolfman Callin'" (Bronze, Morris) (5:51) - from The Feelgood Factor
  12. "One Step Forward" (Bronze) (4:45) - from The Feelgood Factor
  13. "Roadrunner" (Dozier, Holland) (3:48) - from Down at the Doctors
  14. "Down at the Doctors" (Jupp) (3:50) - from Down at the Doctors
  15. "Heart of the City" (Lowe) (3:35) - from Down at the Doctors
  16. "World Keeps Turning" (Green) (3:47) - from On the Road Again
  17. "Instinct To Survive" (Walwyn) (3:21) - from On the Road Again
  18. "Going Out West" (Waits) (3:21) - from On The Road Again
  19. "You Got Me" (Brim) (4:46) - from On the Road Again [1]

Credits

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dave Thompson (9 February 1999). "25 Years Of Dr. Feelgood 1972-1997 - Dr. Feelgood | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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