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Johnny Adams
Absolutely the Best
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. I Won't Cry - Johnny Adams, La Bostrie, Doroth
2. I Can't Be All Bad - Johnny Adams, Lewis, Margaret
3. Release Me - Johnny Adams, Miller, Eddie [2]
4. Reconsider Me - Johnny Adams, Lewis, Margaret
5. You Made a New Man Out of Me - Johnny Adams, Broussard, Donald J
6. In a Moment of Weakness - Johnny Adams, Keith, Vivian
7. I Want to Walk Through This Life With You - Johnny Adams, Lewis [Country Blue
8. If I Could See You One More Time - Johnny Adams, Quezergue, Wardell
9. South Side of Soul Street - Johnny Adams, Benninghoff, Robert
10. Georgia Morning Dew - Johnny Adams, Lewis, Margaret
11. Real Live Living Hurtin' Man - Johnny Adams, Lewis, Margaret
12. Lonely Man - Johnny Adams, Adams, Johnny
13. Proud Woman - Johnny Adams, Burch, Fred
14. A Losing Battle - Johnny Adams, Davenhaur, Leonard
15. How Can I Prove I Love You - Johnny Adams, Howell, Reuben
16. The Tender Side of Me - Johnny Adams, Bluefeld, Becki
17. Kiss the Hurt Away - Johnny Adams, Duncan, Finley
18. You Can Depend on Me - Johnny Adams, Powell, Jerry

CD Details

All Artists: Johnny Adams
Title: Absolutely the Best
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Varese Sarabande/SSS International
Release Date: 10/15/2002
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B
Styles: Regional Blues, New Orleans Blues, Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 030206124521

CD Reviews

Reconsider...Johnny Adams

Robert S. Estes | Santa Rosa, Ca | 04/28/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"New Orleans is a music gold mine with hidden treasures. Everyone knows Fats Domino, Al Hirt, etc. But a deeper dig reveals the jewels of Allen Tousaint, Mac Rebennac (Dr. John) and the glory story of obscure but fine diamond cut 45s by artists like Johnny Adams. Johnny had some minor success with local attempts,i.e. the sublime, "Losing Battle", but moved on to Nashville, hit with "Release Me" even before Englebert Humperdink/Ester Phillips made it a classic."Reconsider Me", another Country/Western/Blues amalgam was Johnny's biggest chart hit. Next, at Memphis, at Shelby Singleton's SSS (Singleton had purchased SUN Records by this time), and Johnny recorded what is probably his best hit,"I Won't Cry".

This CD has most of Johnny's grooves, moves, and schmooze. The recording is above standard sound, and the accompaning booklet is informative.

I suggest a dim lit night and the wink that deserves this aching light."