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- Artist: John Lee Hooker
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- Release Date: 1991
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Blues
Review
Rhino's double-disc 1991 set The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990) falls just short of the promise of its title, losing its focus toward the end of the set. That said, it comes close enough to satisfy, particularly because John Lee Hooker had such a long, convoluted discography, recording for a number of different labels over many decades. This gets the core of his legacy -- the early, minimalist boogie, the gritty late-'50s sides, all the way through to the superstar-studded recordings of the late '80s. If the desire to be comprehensive hurts the collection somewhat -- good though they may be, the '80s recordings really are for those who love all of Hooker's music, and the disc would have been better off if it was simply two discs of '40s through '70s -- this nevertheless gets all the classics ("Boogie Chillen," "Crawlin' King Snake," "Boom Boom," "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," among them) while giving an idea of the scope of Hooker's career, making it a great introduction. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (2:34) |
| Big Legs, Tight Skirt | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (2:20) |
| You Know, I Know | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (4:05) |
| One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer | John Lee Hooker | (3:06) | |
| Let's Go Out Tonight | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (7:12) |
| I Cover the Waterfront | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (4:04) |
| She's Mine (Keep Your Hands to Yourself) | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (2:24) |
| Back Biters and Syndicators [*] | John Lee Hooker, |
John Lee Hooker | (2:52) |
| Think Twice Before You Go [*] | John Lee Hooker | (2:06) | |
| Shake It Baby [*] | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (4:08) |
| I'm Bad Like Jesse James [*] | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (5:20) |
| Peavine | John Lee Hooker | John Lee Hooker | (5:08) |
| Burning Hell | John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman | John Lee Hooker | (3:58) |
| Terraplane Blues | Robert Johnson | John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers | (2:56) |
| I'm in the Mood | John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman | John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Roy Rogers | (5:36) |
