Chuck Berry - Berry Is On Top

Limited Edition Remaster on 180g Red Vinyl If you had to sweat all of Chuck Berry's early albums on Chess (and some, but not all, of his subsequent greatest-hits packages), this would be the one to own. The song lineup is exemplary, cobbling together classics like "Maybellene," "Carol," "Sweet Little Rock & Roller," "Little Queenie," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Around and Around," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Almost Grown." With the addition of the Latin-flavored "Hey Pedro," the steel guitar workout "Blues for Hawaiians," "Anthony Boy," and "Jo Jo Gunne," this serves as almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself. While this may be merely a collection of singles and album ballast (as were most rock & roll LPs of the 1950s and early '60s), it ends up being the most perfectly realized of Chuck Berry's career. Almost Grown 2:21Carol 2:21Maybellene 2:27Sweet Little Rock & Roller 2:39Anthony Boy 2:26Johnny B. Goode 2:30Little Queenie 2:36Jo Jo Gunne 2:49Roll Over Beethoven 2:30