The Essential Boz Scaggs

The Essential Boz Scaggs
Compilation album by Boz Scaggs
Released October 29, 2013[1]
Recorded 1969-2013
Genre Rock, blues, rhythm and blues, pop
Length 1:17:15 (Disc 1), 1:18:33 (Disc 2)
Label Columbia Records, Legacy Records
Producer Jann Wenner, Glyn Johns, Boz Scaggs, Roy Halee, Johnny Bristol, Joe Wissert, Bill Schnee, Stewart Levine, David Williams, Ricky Fataar, David Paich, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Jordan
Boz Scaggs chronology
Memphis
(2013)		 The Essential Boz Scaggs
(2013)		 A Fool to Care
(2015)

The Essential Boz Scaggs is a compilation album of songs by American musician and songwriter Boz Scaggs, released in 2013.[2] The album includes his songs from his studio albums from 1969-2013.[3] It was released as apart of The Essential series. It was released as a 2 disc CD.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said that: Boz Scaggs was subjected to a double-disc retrospective in 1997 with the excellent My Time: The Anthology (1969-1997). That was a lavish archival project, whereas 2013's Essential is part of Sony's ongoing one-size-fits-all series, but it's nevertheless the superior set, containing all but six of that 33-track collection's cuts in its 32 songs. Naturally, Essential covers more ground than My Time, going all the way up to 2013's fine Memphis LP, but it also digs slightly deeper into Boz's early years (it also helps that "Loan Me a Dime" is placed toward the front of the first disc instead of the back). This greater scope, combined with all the classic hits -- "Dinah Flo," "Slow Dancer," "What Can I Say," "Lowdown," "Lido Shuffle," "JoJo" -- makes this something close to a truly essential Boz Scaggs.[6]

Track listing

Disc 1

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."I'll Be Long Gone"Boz ScaggsBoz Scaggs (1969)4:04
2."Loan Me A Dime"Fenton RobinsonBoz Scaggs (1969)13:04
3."Runnin' Blue"Boz Scaggs, Pat O'HaraBoz Scaggs & Band (1971)3:58
4."We Were Always Sweethearts"Boz ScaggsMoments (1971)3:30
5."Painted Bells"Boz ScaggsMoments (1971)4:03
6."Near You"Boz ScaggsMoments (1971)5:00
7."Dinah Flo"Boz ScaggsMy Time (1972)3:05
8."Might Have To Cry"Boz ScaggsMy Time (1972)4:05
9."You Make It So Hard (To Say No)"Boz ScaggsSlow Dancer (1974)3:34
10."Slow Dancer"Boz Scaggs, George DalySlow Dancer (1974)3:15
11."What Can I Say"Boz Scaggs, David PaichSilk Degrees (1976)3:01
12."It's Over"Boz Scaggs, David PaichSilk Degrees (1976)2:52
13."Habor Lights"Boz ScaggsSilk Degrees (1976)5:58
14."Lowdown"Boz Scaggs, David PaichSilk Degrees (1976)5:18
15."Lido Shuffle"Boz Scaggs, David PaichSilk Degrees (1976)3:43
16."We're All Alone"Boz ScaggsSilk Degrees (1976)4:14
17."Hard Times"Boz ScaggsDown Two Then Left (1977)4:30
Total length:1:17:15

Disc 2

No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Jojo"Boz Scaggs, David Foster, David LasleyMiddle Man (1980)5:55
2."Isn't It Time"Boz ScaggsMiddle Man (1980)4:55
3."Simone"Boz Scaggs, David FosterMiddle Man (1980)5:10
4."Breakdown Dead Ahead"Boz Scaggs, David FosterMiddle Man (1980)4:37
5."Miss Sun"David PaichHits! (1980)5:32
6."Look What You've Done to Me"Boz Scaggs, David FosterHits! (1980)5:18
7."Heart Of Mine"Bobby Caldwell, Dennis Matkosky, Jason ScheffOther Roads (1988)4:14
8."Some Change"Boz ScaggsSome Change (1994)6:12
9."Sierra"Boz ScaggsSome Change (1994)3:44
10."As the Years Go Passing By [Live]"Don RobeyMy Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology (1994)4:46
11."It All Went Down The Drain"Earl KingCome On Home (1997)5:34
12."Miss Riddle"Boz Scaggs, David Paich, Michael RodriguezDig (2001)6:28
13."I Just Go"Boz ScaggsDig (2001)3:37
14."Thanks To You"Boz Scaggs, David PaichDig (2001)4:50
15."Gone Baby Gone"Boz ScaggsMemphis (2013)3:35
Total length:1:18:33

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2013 Columbia Records, Legacy Records[7] CD, digital download 88883741212 / 88883741212

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Boz Scaggs: The Essential Boz Scaggs at Pop Matters
  2. ↑ Boz Scaggs - The Essential Boz Scaggs at Itunes Music Australia
  3. ↑ Boz Scaggs' Collection, The Essential Boz Scaggs, Tracks Hitmaking Career Over Course Of Five Decades at Prnewswire
  4. ↑ Boz Scaggs - The Essential Boz Scaggs at JB Hi-Fi
  5. ↑ Boz Scaggs – The Essential Boz Scaggs Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Boz Scaggs - The Essential Boz Scaggs at Allmusic
  7. ↑ Boz Scaggs - The Essential Boz Scaggs at Discogs
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