The Very Best Of J.J. Cale, (a,k.a. The Definitive Colleciton)

J.J. Cale - The Very Best Of J.J. Cale, (a,k.a. The Definitive Colleciton)

The Very Best Of J.J. Cale, (a,k.a. The Definitive Colleciton)
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Artist: J.J. Cale
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1998-06-09
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:
  1. Call Me The Breeze
  2. Crazy Mama
  3. Magnolia
  4. After Midnight
  5. Lies
  6. Midnight In Memphis
  7. Cajun Moon
  8. Rock And Roll Records
  9. Cocaine
  10. Hey Baby
  11. I'll Make Love To You Anytime
  12. Don't Cry Sister
  13. Thirteen Days
  14. Sensitive Kind
  15. Carry On
  16. Mama Don't
  17. City Girls
  18. Devil In Disguise
  19. Don't Wait
  20. Money Talks

Music reviews of The Very Best Of J.J. Cale, (a,k.a. The Definitive Colleciton)

Music Review: A Rare Artist
Rating: 5 Stars

In my 45+ years of collecting and listening to popular music, J.J. Cale stands out as being truly unique. How so?

The easiest way to explain this is to talk about my iPod song list of some 1700 selections. What I've done to create this song list is to choose only my favorite tracks on any particular album to be ripped onto the iPod.

Some albums are represented by one selection; others two or three. And for the very select few, perhaps the whole album gets included in my 'pod.

J.J. Cale is the prime example of this kind of personal special and favorite musician. Why? Well, as we all know, there is no accounting for taste. Each of us has our own musical preferences, tastes, and favorite genre.

For me it is blues based music, whether it be the hard blues rock of Jimi Hendrix, the early Elvis of the "Sun Sessions," or the mellow country blues of J.J. Cale, I love the blues.

Here is what I experience with J.J.: deeply felt, genuine, and totally organic blues expressions. The instrumentation is always tight, together, and in the groove. Each musician, each track within a song, each overdub blends perfectly with the whole.

And, J.J.'s lyrics, melodies, vocals, and guitar work are the essential and masterly glue that makes it all happen. What this means, for me, is that his music has a timeless quality. It doesn't get out of date, it doesn't get "old," and I don't get tired of listening to it.

This is why when I ripped a J.J. album onto my iPod, I almost always did the WHOLE album. I have 123 J.J. cuts on the 'Pod, but I won't buy "The Very Best of J.J. Cale." I have no need to because I already have all these cuts.

However, if I could only own one J.J. album, it would be the double set "Anyway the Wind Blows." Without checking it cut by cut, I'm fairly certain "Blows" will have all the best of "The Very Best." But, with "Blows" you get at least twice as much J.J.

This is a very good thing, but if aren't convinced by my opinion, at least try out "The Very Best of J.J. Cale." If you're able to appreciate good music in any genre, you just gotta dig J.J.
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Description of The Very Best Of J.J. Cale, (a,k.a. The Definitive Colleciton)

2007 compilation from the American rootsy Blues legend featuring the songs that have made him a favorite amongst fans as well as fellow musicians. 20 tracks including 'Cocaine', 'After Midnight', 'Magnolia', 'Cajun Moon' and many others. Universal.
As best-of collections go, this one is uncommonly understated. Which is probably appropriate given that the singer/songwriter it celebrates is one of the most taciturn rock & rollers to ever saunter down a dusty road. Decades into a career that has produced more commercial success than one might suppose, Cale's Very Best consists of one disc; outtakes and rarities padding a second disc don't fit Cale's less-is-more aesthetic. There's no essay elevating the Oklahoman as a great blues-rock pathfinder, though Eric Clapton and Dire Straits are among the platinum performers who owe him a debt; just musician credits and a modest dedication from Cale adorn the booklet. (Hey, at least the camera-shy Cale sat still for a photo shoot!) As for the music, this 20-song CD consists of a representative selection of hits for himself ("Crazy Mama" and "Lies" charted early in his career) and his partisans (Clapton scored with "Cocaine" and "After Midnight," while Lynyrd Skynyrd made "Call Me the Breeze" a concert staple). The case could easily be made that Cale deserves something a bit more ambitious than this unambiguous overview, but who's going to make the case for the man? Not low-profile J.J., that's for sure. --Steven Stolder

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