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- Artist: James Booker
- Rating:
- Release Date: 1982
- Total Time: 36:08
- Genre: Blues
Review
While there has suddenly been a flood of CDs featuring masterful New Orleans keyboard wizard and vocalist James Booker, his best release arguably remains Classified. The 12-track set was a landmark album, as Booker displayed every facet of his distinctive style. He did up-tempo blues, quasi-classical, rock and R&B, making them all sound easy while performing frequently awesome keyboard feats. His "Professor Longhair Medley: Bald Head/Tipitina" pays homage to a legend while also demonstrating how much farther Booker's pianistic skills had developed. While his vocals sometimes aren't the equal of his brilliant playing, they're never less than effective and are sometimes almost frightening in their intensity. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| All Around the World | Titus Turner | James Booker | (3:22) |
| One for the Highway | Fats Domino | James Booker | (2:30) |
| King of the Road | Roger Miller | James Booker | (2:53) |
| Professor Longhair Medley: Bald Head/Tipitina | James Booker | (3:36) | |
| Baby Face | Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar | James Booker | (3:08) |
| Swedish Rhapsody | Traditional | James Booker | (2:05) |
| Classified | James Booker | James Booker | (3:12) |
| Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price | James Booker | (3:24) |
| Angel Eyes | James Booker | (3:26) | |
| Hound Dog | Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber | James Booker | (2:26) |
| If You're Lonely | James Booker | James Booker | (2:49) |
| Three Keys | James Booker | James Booker | (3:17) |
