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| Roll Over Beethoven, Johnny B. Goode, Rock And Roll Music, Maybellene, You Never Can Tell, Carol, My Ding-A-Ling, Memphis Tennessee, many more. |
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| 1 Maybellene |
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| 2 Thirty Days |
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| 3 You Can't Catch Me |
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| 4 Too Much Monkey Business |
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| 5 Roll Over Beethoven |
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| 6 Brown Eyed Handsome Man |
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| 7 Havana Moon |
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| 8 School Day |
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| 9 Rock & Roll Music |
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| 10 Oh Baby Doll |
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| 11 Reelin' and Rockin' |
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| 12 Sweet Little Sixteen |
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| 13 Johnny B. Goode |
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| 14 Around and Around |
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| 15 Beautiful Delilah |
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| 16 Carol |
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| 17 Memphis, Tennessee |
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| 18 Sweet Little Rock & Roller |
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| 19 Little Queenie |
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| 20 Almost Grown |
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| 21 Back in the U.S.A. |
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| 22 Let It Rock |
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| 23 I'm Talking About You |
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| 24 Come On |
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| 25 Nadine (Is It You?) |
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Album Review
There have been many, many Chuck Berry compilations released by Chess over the years, but as of the spring of 2006, there was no comprehensive single-disc set in print; there was the double-disc 2005 set "Gold", which itself was a retitled reissue of 2000's "Anthology", but the classic comp "The Great Twenty-Eight" was long out of print, and nothing had replaced it until the 2006 release of "The Definitive Collection". This generous 30-track selection offers nearly everything that was on "The Great Twenty-Eight" and in nearly the same sequence -- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "Roll Over Beethoven" are swapped, for instance, but it's not really a noticeable change. "Bye Bye Johnny" is the only song missing from "The Great Twenty-Eight", which is not a huge omission, especially since it's been replaced with two great singles, "You Never Can Tell" and "Promised Land." "My Ding-A-Ling" is also here and, while it is a worse song than "Bye Bye Johnny," it was Chuck's only number one single, so its inclusion makes sense -- and it hardly sinks a collection that is by far the best, most comprehensive single-disc Chuck Berry set yet assembled. Sure, there are some great Berry songs that are absent, but all the major songs are here; plus, if you need more than 30 songs, turn to either "Gold" or "The Chess Box". If you want a single-disc best-of collection of all of Chuck's finest, this is the one to get. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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