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| Blueberry Hill, I'm In Love Again, I'm Walkin', Blue Monday, Whole Lotta Loving, Ain't That A Shame, Walking To New Orleans, 23 more. |
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| 1 The Fat Man |
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| 2 Goin' Home |
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| 3 Going to the River |
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| 4 Please Don't Leave Me |
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| 5 Something's Wrong |
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| 6 Ain't That a Shame |
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| 7 All by Myself |
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| 8 Poor Me |
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| 9 I Can't Go On (Rosalie) |
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| 10 Bo Weevil |
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| 11 Don't Blame It on Me |
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| 12 I'm in Love Again |
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| 13 My Blue Heaven |
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| 14 When My Dreamboat Comes Home |
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| 15 So Long |
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| 16 Blueberry Hill |
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| 17 Honey Chile |
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| 18 Blue Monday |
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| 19 I'm Walkin' |
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| 20 It's You I Love |
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| 21 Valley of Tears |
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| 22 Wait and See |
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| 23 Whole Lotta Loving |
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| 24 I'm Ready |
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| 25 I Want to Walk You Home |
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Album Review
Following Capitol/EMI's last Fats Domino CD compilation ("Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits the Way You Originally Heard Them") by five years, 2007's "Greatest Hits: Walking to New Orleans" betters that comp in terms of sheer numbers (as it does 1990s "My Blue Heaven") by ten tracks and this is a case when more is indeed more. Ten tracks is enough to offer depth, particularly in his earliest sides but also with a couple lesser-known hits from his rock & roll prime, turning this into a joyous overview of one of the greatest musicians of the '50s. It's nice to have this hit the pre-rock & roll and R&B a bit harder -- "Ain'T That A Shame" doesn't roll around 'til track six, then it's another ten before "Blueberry Hill" kicks off the string of crossovers -- because it illustrates how hard this rocker, who often gets pigeonholed as merely a genial piano player, really rocked. And though he cut other great material during his Imperial Records stint, it is surely one of the most consistent bodies of work in rock & roll/R&B, heard to full effect either in the four-disc "Walking to New Orleans" or the complete Bear Family box: for those who don't want or need to delve that deeply, or are just beginning to explore, this is nothing less than essential. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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