Artist: B.B. KING
Album: 20TH CENTURY MASTERS - THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION (CD)

Release date: 1999/ 2019
EAN/UPS: 0008811193928
Media type: CD

Like any record company worth their salt, MCA knows a good gimmick when they see it, and when the millennium came around -- well, the 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection wasn't too far behind. Supposedly, the millennium is a momentous occasion, but it's hard to feel that way when it's used as another excuse to turn out a budget-line series. But apart from the presumptuous title, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection turns out to be a very good budget-line series. True, it's impossible for any of these brief collections to be definitive, but they're nevertheless solid samplers that don't feature a bad song in the bunch. For example, take B.B. King's 20th Century volume -- it's an irresistible ten-song summary of his MCA recordings. There may be a couple of noteworthy songs missing, but many of his best-known songs for the label are here, including "The Thrill Is Gone," "Ain't Nobody Home," "Let the Good Times Roll," "Don't Answer the Door," "Sweet Sixteen," and "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss."

CD:

        1. The Thrill is Gone
        2. Ain't Nobody Home
        3. Let the Good Times Roll
        4. Guess Who
        5. I Like To Live the Love
        6. Don't Answer the Door
        7. Sweet Sixteen
        8. Paying the Cost To Be the Boss
        9. I Got Some Help I Don't Need
       10. Into the Night