The Best of Mose Allison
The Best of Mose Allison is a 1988 compilation album by the pianist/songwriter Mose Allison. In reality, a 'Best of Mose Allison on Atlantic Records', it draws from five of the artist's albums in the Atlantic library, covering most of Allison's better-known recordings from 1962-1972.
Track listing
All Songs Written by Mose Allison except as noted
- "I Don't Worry About A Thing" – 2:41
- "Your Mind is On Vacation" – 2:35
- "It Didn't Turn Out That Way" – 2:41 (Bonus Track)
- "If You're Goin' to the City" – 3:49
- "Swingin' Machine" – 2:31
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 3:56 (Bonus Track)
- "Stop This World" – 3:24
- "I'm the Wild Man" (Stanley Willis, Don Barksdale) – 1:58
- "New Parchman" – 3:04
- "Rollin' Stone" (McKinley Morganfield) – 2:58
- "Don't Forget to Smile" – 2:48 (Bonus Track)
- "Seventh Son" (Willie Dixon) – 2:26
- "What's With You" – 2:55 (Bonus Track)
- "That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch" (Buddy Johnson) – 2:10 (Bonus Track)
- "Your Molecular Structure" – 2:05
- "Just Like Livin'" – 1:44 (Bonus Track)
- "Everybody Cryin' Mercy" – 2:39
- "Night Club" – 2:36 (Bonus Track)
- "One of These Days" – 4:29 (Bonus Track)
Personnel
- Nesuhi Ertegün – Producer (1 - 15)
- Arif Mardin – Producer (14 - 15)
- Joel Dorn – Producer (19)
- Ilhan Mimaroglu – Producer (20)
- Tom Dowd – Engineer (1 - 7)
- Phil Iehle – Engineer (1 - 3, 8 - 11, 14 - 15)
- Joe Atkinson – Engineer (4 - 7)
- Wally Heider – Engineer (12 - 13)
- Dave Weichman – Engineer (16 - 18)
- Lewis Hahn– Engineer (19)
- Carmen Rubino – Engineer (20)