George_Thorogood_And_The_Destroyers-Bad_To_The_Bone-(25th_Anniversary_Edition)-2007-RTB

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2008-05-13

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ARTIST: George Thorogood & The Destroyers
TITLE: Bad To The Bone
LABEL: Capitol/EMI
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 181kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 15m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-08-14
RIP DATE: 2007-08-16

Track List
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1.  Back To Wentzille                3:29
2.  Blue Highway                     4:43
3.  Nobody But Me                    3:27
4.  It's A Sin                       3:32
5.  New Boogie Chillun               5:22
6.  Bad To The Bone                  4:50
7.  Miss Luann                       4:09
8.  As The Years Go Passing By       5:01
9.  No Particular Place To Go        3:58
10. Wanted Man                       3:11
11. That Philly Thing (B-Side Of     2:25
    Nobody But Me) (Bonus Track)
12. Blue Highway (New Recording)     4:08
13. New Boogie Chillun (New          7:10
    Recording)
14. No Particular Place To Go (New   4:26
    Recording)
15. As The Years Go Passing By (New  4:45
    Recording)
16. Bad To The Bone (New Recording)  7:05
17. Wanted Man (New Recording)       3:57

Release Notes:

George Thorogood was, is and always will be a bar band rocker at heart. On his
first major label record 1982's "Bad to the Bone" made for Capitol, he and his
tight-as-duck-feathers band don't change a single note of their hard rocking,
beer guzzling sound. Only the size of the bar has changed; Thorogood's slide
stings like a big and nasty bee, his voice is as dude-next-door as always, the
rhythm section favors brute force over subtlety at all times and Hank Carter
blows a marvelously yakky post-Clemons sax. They cover classic slabs of American
rock and blues like the Isley Brothers' "Nobody But Me," Chuck Berry's "No
Particular Place to Go," John Lee Hooker's "New Boogie Chillun," soulful ballads
like Jimmy Reed's "It's a Sin" and Albert King's "As the Years Go Passing By,"
and most surprisingly, a restrained and almost thoughtful version of Bob Dylan's
ballad "Wanted Man." The originals are good, too, with suitably raw rocker "Back
to Wentzille" leading things off and the huge, timeless hit "Bad to the Bone"
providing the albums' highlight. Next to Move It on Over, this is Thorogood's
finest work and established him as one of the unsung heroes of the age of AOR.
[The 2007 reissue adds the B-side to the "Nobody But Me" single ("That Philly
Thing," a rollicking instrumental) and newly recorded version of six songs from
the album including "Bad to the Bone." These recordings show that the George can
still whip up some excitement but they dilute the power of the original album.
Plus both "Bad to the Bone" (which oddly enough seems to be missing a note in
the instantly recognizable riff) and "New Boogie Chillun" are stretched out past
the seven-minute mark, which might be fun in a crowded bar but are tiresome on
CD.]

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