The Baddest of George Thorogood and the Destroyers | 
 enlarge | Artist: George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 25755
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 077779771820
EAN: 0077779771820
ASIN: B000002UZM
Release Date: July 28, 1992
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Condition: Used - Good; booklet or jewel case may show wear. Overall, good condition. Will be shipped promptly!
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| Tracks:
| • | Bad to the Bone | | • | Move It on Over - George Thorogood, Williams, Hank [1] | | • | I'm a Steady Rollin' Man - George Thorogood, Johnson, Robert [01 | | • | You Talk Too Much | | • | Who Do You Love? - George Thorogood, McDaniel, Elias | | • | Gear Jammer | | • | I Drink Alone | | • | One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood, Hooker, John Lee | | • | If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave) | | • | Treat Her Right - George Thorogood, Head, Roy | | • | Long Gone | | • | Louie to Frisco - George Thorogood, Berry, Chuck |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It's good to have all of Thorogood's biggest hits in one place, but Baddest is pretty skimpy on the perennial album-radio cuts, substituting bonus tracks and second-line material. "Ride On Josephine," for example, isn't here. Neither are Chuck Berry's "No Particular Place to Go," "Night Time," and a number of other staples. More suspicious still, "Bad to the Bone" appears with a new remix. Hmm. Looks like someone's leaving some slack for a Volume 2. Since the Thorogood catalog is fairly big, it wouldn't pay to track down his highlights album-by-album, but the Live CD will set you up pretty well. --Gavin McNett
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great music June 16, 2008
Stephen J. Powers
This item arrived quickly and in good condition. George is underappreciated! This music is great!
No scuzzy dive would be complete May 7, 2006
Harley Carson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To this day, every time I hear "One Bourbon...", I remember the time at a honky-tonk in Lubbock, TX I simultaneously saw: 1) a guy throwing up in the corner, 2) a guy breaking a beer bottle over another guy's head, and 3) George howling away on the juke.
Good times.
 BAD FOR GOOD! October 26, 2005
JUKE BOX DAVE (RECORD TOWN, USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wild Bill, a good party-hearty buddy of mine used to keep only three CDs in his Corvette for cruisin' to: THE BEST OF THE BLUES BROTHERS, JIMMY BUFFET'S GREATEST HITS, and this anthology of Delaware's best known Destroyer of boogie n' blooze. "What else do you need?", he'd grin. What else indeed? For straight ahead, pedal to the metal, sweaty, ready-steady-go rock n' roll meant to be cranked to ozone shattering volumes, George is the man. Equal parts cocky gravel-pit vocalist, slippery slide grrr-tar mangler, and overgrown frat boy, Thorogood's musical approach is, to quote a Dave Edmunds album, "Subtle as a Flying Mallet". His rip off the knob takes on Hank Williams' MOVE IT ON OVER and John Lee Hooker's barstool classic ONE BOURBON, ONE SCOTCH, ONE BEER groove grandly alongside dyed in the wool originals BAD TO THE BONE and I DRINK ALONE, making THE BADDEST OF GEORGE THOROGOOD one of the goodest party excuses on record. Just ask my pal Wild Bill, if you can find 'im. RATING: FOUR BREWSKIS
Dirty Electric Blues! July 8, 2005
Martin 13 (Slovenia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What I like about George Thorogood is his attitude. It is what I always liked about early Rolling Stones. It is how blues should be played. Black and dirty.
I always liked One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer of John Lee Hooker, but I prefer George Thorogood cover more. Move It On Over is Hank Williams' cover, but it sounds like his original, just like Who Do You Love, originally written and recorded by Bo Diddley.
About songs like Bad To The Bone, I Drink Alone and If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave) I think I don't need to write. They are already standards.
If you're new to electric blues or George Thorogood and The Destroyers you must buy this album.
Hes bad to the bone, but his guitar playings ****ing awesome November 7, 2004
Anthea Moorcroft (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ive seen people try and compare him to the likes of Jimmy page. But thats not what George Thorogood is all about. Hes about women, beer, baseball, music, and more than anything, just plain fun.
And thats exactly how he comes across. When he described himself as a burger bar, he meant it. He doesnt asked to be compared to any one else. Because the only reason he plays, is because HE LOVES IT.
If you like damn good blues, and you just want to chill, this is the one for you. Any time.
He riffs like anything, and the brilliant copies of 'one Bourbon, one Scotch, one Beer' and 'who do you love' will have you playing air guitar all night.
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