The Best of Mose Allison

The Best of Mose Allison
Greatest hits album by Mose Allison
Released 1988
Recorded 1962-1972
Genre Blues/Jazz
Length 53:39
Label Atlantic
Producer Bob Porter (CD)
Mose Allison chronology

Ever Since the World Ended
(1987)
The Best of Mose Allison
(1988)
My Back Yard
(1989)

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

  1. "I Don't Worry About A Thing" – 2:41
  2. "Your Mind is On Vacation" – 2:35
  3. "It Didn't Turn Out That Way" – 2:41 (Bonus Track)
  4. "If You're Goin' to the City" – 3:49
  5. "Swingin' Machine" – 2:31
  6. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 3:56 (Bonus Track)
  7. "Stop This World" – 3:24
  8. "I'm the Wild Man" (Stanley Willis, Don Barksdale) – 1:58
  9. "New Parchman" – 3:04
  10. "Rollin' Stone" (McKinley Morganfield) – 2:58
  11. "Don't Forget to Smile" – 2:48 (Bonus Track)
  12. "Seventh Son" (Willie Dixon) – 2:26
  13. "What's With You" – 2:55 (Bonus Track)
  14. "That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch" (Buddy Johnson) – 2:10 (Bonus Track)
  15. "Your Molecular Structure" – 2:05
  16. "Just Like Livin'" – 1:44 (Bonus Track)
  17. "Everybody Cryin' Mercy" – 2:39
  18. "Night Club" – 2:36 (Bonus Track)
  19. "One of These Days" – 4:29 (Bonus Track)

Personnel