Anthology (Double CD)
A double CD with 24 songs in all.
Because of his spotlight-hogging singer/songwriter/guitarist/frontman status in the popular Ten Years After, Alvin Lee seemed a natural for solo success. But, through a series of well meaning yet increasingly spotty albums released on a variety of labels -- none of which seemed to want to promote him -- Lee's career has been of interest to die-hard British boogie blues lovers only, which makes this 25-year double-disc summary of his dozen or so post- TYA albums so welcome. Typically, when artists choose selections for their own compilations, as is the case here, the tracks aren't those that fans might have picked. But Lee does an admirable job, not only in his mixture of undiscovered treats and some previously unreleased material, but in the non-chronological sequencing that helps this collection flow.
AllMusic Review by Hal Horowitz
Track List
- KEEP ON ROCKIN'
- WAKE UP MOMA
- ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM
- PLAY IT LIKE IT USED TO BE
- REAL LIFE BLUES
- BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN
- AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS
- LONG LEGS
- PUT IT IN A BOX
- BOOGIE ALL DAY
- LOVE LIKE A MAN
- JENNY JENNY
- LOVE THE WAY YOU ROCK ME
- THE BLUEST BLUES
- SHOT IN THE DARK
- MY BABY'S COME BACK TO ME
- YOU TOLD ME
- MADNESS
- HEAR ME CALLING
- LET IT ROCK
- I DON'T GIVE A DAMN
- MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
- HELP ME BABY
- I'M GOING HOME
