The Anthology

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Muddy Waters should need no introduction. Not only did he provide a name for the world's greatest rock roll band, but he also created the Chicago electric blues sound that's dominated the genre since he first hit the windy city in the late 1940s. His bands also featured what would become a who's who of electric blues: Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and the list goes on. IThe Anthology/I covers Waters's most important period: his first years at Chess through the late 1960s. All his best-known songs are featured in their definitive versions, providing the perfect introduction to a blues master who doesn't need one. I--Mike Johnson/I

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-04-04 rating:
A superb collection
The handsomely packaged three-disc Chess Box remains the ultimate Muddy Waters-collection, but this reasonably priced double-disc anthology is not far behind. br / br /It manages to collect almost all of Waters' best recordings for Chess Records, from his early acoustic sides with just bassist Ernest 'Big' Crawford for company, to his hard-rocking 50s and 60s cuts, including literally all the must-have classics: br /"Mannish Boy", "Got My Mojo Working" and "Hoochie Coochie Man" are here of course, as well as "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had", the supremely groovy "I Love The Life I Live", a thumping "I Just Want To Make Love To You", the swaggering "I Want To Be Loved", and numerous other top-notch blues classics like "Honey Bee", "Forty Days and Forty Nights", "I'm Ready" and "I Can't Be Satisfied". br / br /This is not everything you could ever want from Muddy Waters...his latter-day Blue Sky recordings aren't here, and his live "Muddy Waters At Newport" is a must-have as well. But if you're looking for a really good overview of Waters' hugely influential and trail-blazing Chess years, you really can't go wrong with this sublime, well annotated collection of Waters' tough, swaggering blues. br /All five stars and no reservations at all. Highly recommended.

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review by: date: 2009-01-20 rating:
If you wonder at the reverence - look no further.
This album gives a broad review of Muddy's music across the years, including all the greatest songs. You will realise why so many people have used his music and built on his style to such great effect once you have heard this collection. The blurb that comes with it gives his story and explains why some of his earliest recordings with Chess were so bare, and how he would leave the recording session to go and play as he wanted. Treat yourself - you won't regret it.

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review by: date: 2008-09-02 rating:
The beginning
This is truly a must-have for anyone interested in Muddy or the blues and why it took off in the way that it did. These awesome recordings give a great insight into what blues are and even seem strangley familiar after the years of listening to Clapton and the Rolling Stones, themselves having been influenced so strongly by Muddy. This is where it all really took off, with Muddy's slide playing ringing out so clearly above his emotion filled, thoughtful lyrics. Must-have!


review by: date: 2002-01-24 rating:
Muddy - The 'benchmark' vocal and instrumental bluesman
'The Anthology' truly captures the essence and amplifies the breadth of Muddy Waters' blues legacy. The excellent - but sensitive -reworking of what would now be viewed as primitive recordings makes this artist come alive again! It is hugely pleasing to identify phrasing and 'licks' that have appeared in the guitar works of his latterday devotees in the RB genre. Sadly, few examples of his work are available widely and 'The Anthology' is the 'must have' record of Muddy's influential benchmark styles of vocal and instrumental virtuosity.

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