Release Date: 4/13/1982
Recording Date: 1/1986
Tracks: 23
Label: Rhino
Type: CS
- Genre/Styles
- Soul, Early R&B, Jump Blues, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Album Tracks (23)
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What the Critics Say
Rhino's Brook Benton Anthology is a 23-track collection that hits all of the high points, not only including songs from his tenure with Mercury -- "It's Just a Matter of Time," "So Many Ways," "Kiddio," "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)," "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)," "The Boll Weevil Song," "Hotel Happiness" -- but also his later hits on Cotillion Records, including "Rainy Night in Georgia." It's the only collection that covers such a wide range of material -- the terrific 40 Greatest Hits only features his Mercury recordings, which admittedly are his best work -- and thereby gives a good overview of his entire career. However, Rhino never released Anthology on compact disc due to licensing reasons, and ten years after its 1986 release, there was no compilation encompassing Benton's entire career available on disc. Of course, since 40 Greatest Hits did its job so well, this turns out to be just a minor complaint, but Rhino's Anthology remains the only thoughtfully compiled retrospective of Benton's entire career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
