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Just because the double-CD Anthology practically triples the tracks of 1992's The Baddest of George Thorogood & the Destroyers, features better fidelity, more informative liner notes, songs recorded for four more albums, and a handful of rarities, doesn't make it the better collection. A little bit of Thorogood's meat and potatoes mix of Chuck Berry riffs, Elmore James slide guitar, and stripped-down Hound Dog Taylor house rocking goes an awfully long way, and a double-disc dose of similar sounding, non-stop rocking becomes mind-numbing over the course of more than two hours of in-your-face boogie. As you'd expect, all of the Delaware pile-driving guitarist's recorded highlights are here, including six concert recordings that catch the band in their natural habitat. Thorogood and his road-hardened crew will bring any crowd to a frenzy, but having to wade through what amounts to the same three chords, albeit ones played with dogged enthusiasm and robust fervor, for 30 tracks without the sweat, beer, and infectious energy of actually being there, makes for a tiring and repetitious experience. Although you have to admire the guy for sticking to his guns for three decades, the lack of ballads, or really any change-ups chosen for this set, presents a limited, one-sided picture of this rugged rocker. Thorogood's individual albums include the occasional country or novelty tune, and his versions of Frank Zappa's "Trouble Everyday," Nick Lowe's "Half a Boy, Half a Man," or the trucking classic "Six Days on the Road," none of which are found here, would have made for a far more listenable and somewhat more eclectic compilation. Rough, tough, and unfailingly intense, Anthology is just too much reelin' and rocking for all but the most die-hard fan.
© Hal Horowitz /TiVo
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George Thorogood & The Destroyers, MainArtist - ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - John Nagy, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Producer, Recording Producer - George Thorogood, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Simon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Azevedo, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Blough, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1978 Rounder Records Corp.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, MainArtist - ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - John Nagy, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Producer, Recording Producer - George Thorogood, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Simon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Azevedo, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Blough, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1978 Rounder Records Corp.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, MainArtist - Hank Williams, ComposerLyricist - John Nagy, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Producer, Recording Producer - George Thorogood, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Simon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Uncle Meat Pennington, Tambourine, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Azevedo, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Blough, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1978 Rounder Records.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, MainArtist - ELMORE JAMES, ComposerLyricist - John Nagy, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Producer, Recording Producer - George Thorogood, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Simon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Uncle Meat Pennington, Tambourine, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Azevedo, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Blough, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1978 Rounder Records.
Terry Manning, Mastering Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - John Nagy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Mufson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Thorogood, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Simon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Carter, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Blough, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1980 Rounder Records Corp.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Ronald Isley, ComposerLyricist - RUDOLPH ISLEY, ComposerLyricist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Nagy, Producer, Engineer, Assistant Producer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Mufson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Irwin, Producer, Assistant Producer - O'Kelly Isley Jr., ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer - John Nagy, Producer, Assistant Producer - Ken Irwin, Producer, Assistant Producer - George Thorogood, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1982 Capitol Records LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Johnny Otis, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - George Thorogood, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - George Thorogood, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Thorogood, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Simon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Carter, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Blough, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Berry, Composer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muddy Waters, Composer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Richard Gottehrer, ComposerLyricist - George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Goldstein, ComposerLyricist - Robert Feldman, ComposerLyricist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
DISC 2
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - George Thorogood & The Destroyers, MainArtist - BO DIDDLEY, ComposerLyricist - The Delaware Destroyers, Producer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Thorogood, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Thorogood, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Simon, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Carter, Saxophone, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Chrismar, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Blough, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fats Domino, ComposerLyricist - Al Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Sylvester Bradford, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ELMORE JAMES, Composer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - George Thorogood, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Berry, Composer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Thorogood, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - David Avery, Composer - William Birch, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHESTER BURNETT, Composer - WILLIE DIXON, Composer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, MainArtist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Jones, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC
Elvin Bishop, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Johnson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - WILBERT HARRISON, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Johnson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Berry, ComposerLyricist - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Producer - Evren Göknar, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MACK VICKERY, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Producer, MainArtist - Terry Manning, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Shaw, Composer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1999 CMC International Records
Album review
Just because the double-CD Anthology practically triples the tracks of 1992's The Baddest of George Thorogood & the Destroyers, features better fidelity, more informative liner notes, songs recorded for four more albums, and a handful of rarities, doesn't make it the better collection. A little bit of Thorogood's meat and potatoes mix of Chuck Berry riffs, Elmore James slide guitar, and stripped-down Hound Dog Taylor house rocking goes an awfully long way, and a double-disc dose of similar sounding, non-stop rocking becomes mind-numbing over the course of more than two hours of in-your-face boogie. As you'd expect, all of the Delaware pile-driving guitarist's recorded highlights are here, including six concert recordings that catch the band in their natural habitat. Thorogood and his road-hardened crew will bring any crowd to a frenzy, but having to wade through what amounts to the same three chords, albeit ones played with dogged enthusiasm and robust fervor, for 30 tracks without the sweat, beer, and infectious energy of actually being there, makes for a tiring and repetitious experience. Although you have to admire the guy for sticking to his guns for three decades, the lack of ballads, or really any change-ups chosen for this set, presents a limited, one-sided picture of this rugged rocker. Thorogood's individual albums include the occasional country or novelty tune, and his versions of Frank Zappa's "Trouble Everyday," Nick Lowe's "Half a Boy, Half a Man," or the trucking classic "Six Days on the Road," none of which are found here, would have made for a far more listenable and somewhat more eclectic compilation. Rough, tough, and unfailingly intense, Anthology is just too much reelin' and rocking for all but the most die-hard fan.
© Hal Horowitz /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:20:20
- Main artists: George Thorogood & The Destroyers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2000 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
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