Muddy Waters - Best Of Muddy Waters [Limited 180-Gram Brown + Bonus Tracks]

The Best of Muddy Waters gathers the singles that built his reputation into one record, now in a limited brown 180g edition with bonus tracks.

Chess Records released the original in 1958, the first time Waters' classic singles were collected for the LP market, and it captured the Chicago blues sound at its most direct: electric guitar, harmonica, piano and a voice built for the juke joint. The album is a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, and it has served for generations of listeners as the simplest introduction to the man who electrified the Delta blues.

I Just Want to Make Love to You swaggers with Willie Dixon's sly writing, Rollin' Stone is the song a certain British band borrowed its name from, Honey Bee buzzes with menace, and I'm Ready sums up his larger-than-life persona in a few bars.

Direct metal mastering and a limited run in brown vinyl give the set a collector's edge, and the bonus tracks stretch the listening session beyond the original twelve. Waters sounds commanding on every cut, backed by some of Chicago's finest players, and the whole record plays like a master class in how to say a lot with a little. Drop the needle and the room fills up.