The Great Twenty-Eight

The Great Twenty-Eight is a greatest hits album by classic rock and roller Chuck Berry, released in 1982. In 2003, the album was ranked number 21 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the second highest ranking compilation on the list, after Elvis Presley's The Sun Sessions.

The album draws only from Berry's first 11 years with Chess Records, omitting his post-1965 recordings for the label, including his only No. 1 hit, "My Ding-a-Ling".

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry.

1. "Maybellene" – 2:18 (from single, 1955)
2. "Thirty Days" – 2:24 (from single, 1955)
3. "You Can't Catch Me" – 2:42 (from single, 1956)
4. "Too Much Monkey Business" – 2:53 (from single, 1956)
5. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – 2:17 (from single, 1956)
6. "Roll Over Beethoven" – 2:23 (from single, 1956)
7. "Havana Moon" – 3:05 (from single, 1956)
8. "School Days" – 2:40 (from single, 1957)
9. "Rock and Roll Music" – 2:30 (from single, 1957)
10. "Oh Baby Doll" – 2:33 (from single, 1957)
11. "Reelin' and Rockin'" – 3:14 (from single, 1958)
12. "Sweet Little Sixteen" – 2:55 (from single, 1958)
13. "Johnny B. Goode" – 2:38 (from single, 1958)
14. "Around and Around" – 2:35 (from single, 1958)
15. "Carol" – 2:46 (from single, 1958)
16. "Beautiful Delilah" – 2:08 (from single, 1958)
17. "Memphis" – 2:12 (from single, 1959)
18. "Sweet Little Rock and Roller" – 2:20 (from single, 1958)
19. "Little Queenie" – 2:38 (from single, 1959)
20. "Almost Grown" – 2:19 (from single, 1959)
21. "Back in the U.S.A." – 2:25 (from single, 1959)
22. "Let It Rock" – 1:50 (from single, 1960)
23. "Bye Bye Johnny" – 2:03 (from single, 1960)
24. "I'm Talking about You" – 1:48 (from single, 1961)
25. "Come On" – 1:50 (from single, 1961)
26. "Nadine (Is It You?)" – 2:30 (from single, 1964)
27. "No Particular Place to Go" – 2:44 (from single, 1964)
28. "I Want To Be Your Driver" – 2:15 (from Chuck Berry in London, 1965)

Personnel

• Chuck Berry – vocals, guitar
• Gene Barge – saxophone
• Fred Below – drums
• Martha Berry – vocals
• Leroy C. Davis – tenor saxophone
• Willie Dixon – bass
• The Equadors – vocals
• Jerome Green – marimba
• Ebby Hardy – drums
• Johnnie Johnson – piano
• Lafayette Leake – piano
• The Moonglows – vocals
• Matt "Guitar" Murphy – guitar
• Odie Payne – drums
• Jimmy Rogers – guitar
• G. Smith – bass
• Otis Spann – piano
• Jasper Thomas – drums
• Paul Williams – piano

References