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Muddy Waters - The Anthology: 1947-1972 (1972)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Gypsy Woman 2:35
  2. I Can't Be Satisfied 2:43
  3. I Feel Like Going Home 3:12
  4. Train Fare Home Blues 2:48
  5. Mean Red Spider 2:19
  6. Standin' Here Tremblin' 2:27
  7. You Gonna Need My Help 3:03
  8. Little Geneva 2:48
  9. Rollin' & Tumblin', Part One 2:59
  10. Rollin' Stone 3:08
  11. Walkin' Blues 2:58
  12. Louisiana Blues 2:54
  13. Long Distance Call 2:41
  14. Honey Bee 3:22
  15. Country Boy 3:13
  16. She Moves Me 2:58
  17. Still A Fool 3:19
  18. Stuff You Gotta Watch 2:51
  19. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone 3:04
  20. Standin' Around Cryin' 3:23
  21. Baby Please Don't Go 3:18
  22. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man 2:48
  23. I Just Want To Make Love To You 2:52
  24. I'm Ready 3:05
  25. Young Fashioned Ways 3:02
  26. I Want To Be Loved 2:42
CD2
  1. My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) 3:13
  2. Mannish Boy 2:58
  3. Sugar Sweet 2:31
  4. Trouble No More 2:42
  5. Forty Days And Forty Nights 2:53
  6. Just To Be With You 3:15
  7. Don't Go No Farther 2:56
  8. Diamonds At Your feet 2:26
  9. I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love) 2:52
  10. Got My Mojo Working 2:53
  11. Rock Me 3:13
  12. Look What You've Done 2:24
  13. She's Nineteen Years old 3:19
  14. Close To You 3:07
  15. Walking Thru The Park 2:47
  16. Take The Bitter With The Sweet 3:08
  17. I Feel So Good (live) 2:58
  18. You Shook Me 2:44
  19. My Home Is In The Delta 4:00
  20. Good Morning Little School Girl 3:15
  21. The Same Thing 2:44
  22. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had 2:57
  23. All Aboard (Fathers & Sons) 2:53
  24. Can't Get No Grindin' 2:45

Notes

There have been countless collections of Muddy Waters' classic Chess material released over the years, but Chess began to whittle down the domestic catalog toward the late '90s. The triple-disc Chess box remained in print, but they added two single-disc collections that each covered a specific period in Waters' career at Chess. Then, in 2001, MCA/Chess released The Anthology, a double-disc set that essentially contained much of those two single-disc collections, with several extra tracks, remastering and new liner notes. This still didn't correct the lack of a concise, single-disc overview with all the hits — something that Muddy, Chuck Berry, and Howlin' Wolf all desperately need — but if you're going to be buying two discs to get the full Muddy Waters story, you should get this instead of two separate disc, since it's simply easier. Besides, this, even if it does contain a bunch of familiar material, nevertheless contains some of the greatest music of the 20th Century, and if you're not going to get the box but still want a comprehensive Muddy set, this is it.