- Audio CD (6 Feb 2002)
- Label: Pid
- ASIN: B000A2PW4M
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Walking By Myself | |||
| 2. Oh, Pretty Woman - Albert King, Gary Moore | |||
| 3. Still Got the Blues [Full Version] | |||
| 4. Separate Ways | |||
| 5. Since I Met You Baby - B.B. King, B.B. King, Gary Moore | |||
| 6. Story of the Blues [Single Edit] | |||
| 7. All Your Love | |||
| 8. Too Tired - Albert Collins, Gary Moore | |||
| 9. Need Your Love So Bad [Single Edit] | |||
| 10. Midnight Blues | |||
See all 17 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Caldonia [Live] | |||
| 2. You Don't Love Me (No No No) [Live] | |||
| 3. Key to Love [Live] | |||
| 4. Thrill Is Gone [Live] | |||
| 5. Stormy Monday [Live] | |||
| 6. Cold, Cold Feeling [Live] | |||
| 7. Further Up the Road [Live] | |||
| 8. Stumble [Live] | |||
| 9. Oh, Pretty Woman [Live] | |||
| 10. Walking By Myself [Live] | |||
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Gary Moore?! Isn't he the heavy metal guitar shedder who used to play with Thin Lizzy?
Well, yes, but Irishman Gary Moore also occationally calls back when he hears the blues calling (or gets a message that is has called). He put out his almost-classic almost-pure-blues album "Still Got The Blues" in 1990, and had a pretty big hit with the title track, and Moore, who hails from Van Morrison's hometown of Belfast, is a very talented, versatile guitarist, a good composer, and an even better interpreter of songs.
This 2-disc set is a collection of Moore's high-octane early-90s blues material...it opens with his excellent, fiery cover of Jimmy Rogers' "Walking By Myself", and other highlights include the driving "Moving On", the funky boogie of "Stop Messin' Around", a fine rendition of West side blues king Otis Rush's "All Your Love (I Need Loving)", and of course the well-crafted original "Still Got The Blues For You", which includes an immediately recognizable main single-string riff as well as a fine melody. And the classic "Parisienne Walkways" is here as well, although it is more rock ballad than blues...Moore's bell-clear Gibson Les Paul doesn't need the backing of a string orchestra, but the song itself is too good for little things like that to spoil the mood.
The second disc is actually a 77-minute live album, and a really good one at that.
Opening with a thumping "Caldonia" which features both Albert Collins and Albert King, it duplicates many of the songs on disc one, but it is actually a little bit stronger, providing a more cohesive listen and a little bit more grit as well.
An energetic "You Don't Love Me" is really good, as is "Walking By Myself", a muscular "Still Got The Blues", and a ten-minute "Stormy Monday", again featuring Albert "King" Nelson.
The annotation is very poor, but the music is generally good, although 31 tracks are six or eight too many. Diehards will want this set for the live disc, though, and more casual listeners can pick up "Best Of The Blues" instead of buying all of Moore's Virgin albums. There's plenty of good stuff here.
Well, yes, but Irishman Gary Moore also occationally calls back when he hears the blues calling (or gets a message that is has called). He put out his almost-classic almost-pure-blues album "Still Got The Blues" in 1990, and had a pretty big hit with the title track, and Moore, who hails from Van Morrison's hometown of Belfast, is a very talented, versatile guitarist, a good composer, and an even better interpreter of songs.
This 2-disc set is a collection of Moore's high-octane early-90s blues material...it opens with his excellent, fiery cover of Jimmy Rogers' "Walking By Myself", and other highlights include the driving "Moving On", the funky boogie of "Stop Messin' Around", a fine rendition of West side blues king Otis Rush's "All Your Love (I Need Loving)", and of course the well-crafted original "Still Got The Blues For You", which includes an immediately recognizable main single-string riff as well as a fine melody. And the classic "Parisienne Walkways" is here as well, although it is more rock ballad than blues...Moore's bell-clear Gibson Les Paul doesn't need the backing of a string orchestra, but the song itself is too good for little things like that to spoil the mood.
The second disc is actually a 77-minute live album, and a really good one at that.
Opening with a thumping "Caldonia" which features both Albert Collins and Albert King, it duplicates many of the songs on disc one, but it is actually a little bit stronger, providing a more cohesive listen and a little bit more grit as well.
An energetic "You Don't Love Me" is really good, as is "Walking By Myself", a muscular "Still Got The Blues", and a ten-minute "Stormy Monday", again featuring Albert "King" Nelson.
The annotation is very poor, but the music is generally good, although 31 tracks are six or eight too many. Diehards will want this set for the live disc, though, and more casual listeners can pick up "Best Of The Blues" instead of buying all of Moore's Virgin albums. There's plenty of good stuff here.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a superior "best of" album, and you should get it for the bonus Live disc 2, capturing Gary on the Still Got the Blues and After Hours tours in the early 90s.
The live disc features a tremendous performance of Stormy Monday with Albert King, and the performances of Texas Strut, Moving On, Still Got the Blues and Midnight Blues are superior to the original album versions.
Great album
The live disc features a tremendous performance of Stormy Monday with Albert King, and the performances of Texas Strut, Moving On, Still Got the Blues and Midnight Blues are superior to the original album versions.
Great album
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This compilation of Gary Moore's blues albums from the 90s (excluding the recent Back to the Blues) offers a good reflection of his output over this period. It is therefore a perfectly good introduction to his blues work.
For those who have already bought these albums, the main reason to buy is the bonus CD of live material. The collaborations with BBK and Albert King and Albert Collins have been taken from two live videos Moore released in the 90s and, as such, emphasise the development in his playing over 3-4 years. The earlier work with Albert King and Collins shows Moore struggling to free himself from some hard rock excesses (don't get me wrong - these are still fine performances). The later and excellent Thrill is Gone with BB King illustrates how far Moore developed over a few years with much greater restraint being shown (while still being an extremely enjoyable performance).
My recommendation is therefore to buy purely on the strength of the bonus disk.
For those who have already bought these albums, the main reason to buy is the bonus CD of live material. The collaborations with BBK and Albert King and Albert Collins have been taken from two live videos Moore released in the 90s and, as such, emphasise the development in his playing over 3-4 years. The earlier work with Albert King and Collins shows Moore struggling to free himself from some hard rock excesses (don't get me wrong - these are still fine performances). The later and excellent Thrill is Gone with BB King illustrates how far Moore developed over a few years with much greater restraint being shown (while still being an extremely enjoyable performance).
My recommendation is therefore to buy purely on the strength of the bonus disk.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Pure Class
What a great album. Full of Gary Moore's fabulous guitar playing - I wish I had got into his music much earlier - and an excellent range of really good blues tracks. Read more
Published 7 months ago by gowser64
electric blues at its best
I've never been a particular fan of Gary Moore.Familiar with only his more well known work & liking it.His albums have always seemed patchy at best to me. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gulliver
Who needs the shredders?
I am not a fan of compilations, but this one is an excellent introduction to Gary Moore's superlative guitar work and is far superior to the more commercialised Out In The Fields. Read more
Published 10 months ago by maz
Fantastic CD
This does "exactly what it says on the tin" - it is the BEST of the BLUES. The guitar playing is technically brilliant and mix of tracks inspired. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Brian T
This album is just full of great songs brilliant guitar playing.
Whilst I liked Thin Lizzy I had not come across Gary Moore until I was looking through Amazon music downloads. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ovengenie
All wheat, no chaff,
Thunder, lightning and calmer passages: The virtuoso guitarist turns his back on rock guitar and returns to his true love, the blues. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Alister King
The Definitive Blues Rock Album
Back in the early 1990s Gary Moore shook off the heavy metal rock jacket he wore on albums like Wild Frontier, Run For Cover, After the War etc and embarked on a journey into the... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Ashley Easter
Catching up
Typical me, only 20 years behind the times. I have only just realised just how fine a guitarist Gary Moore is. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2009 by Terence Bowen
Blues is best
This cd covers some great aggresive playing, as we would expect from Gary, The old Les Paul really does the job. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2003 by "mfahey1"
Gary at his Blues Best
Generally I'm not a compilation fan, but this is an excellent album for sticking in the car and driving with it at a good volume. Definitely not a chill out album! Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2003 by "sbusby59"
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