Absolutely the Best (Odetta album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Absolutely the Best
Type = compilation album
Artist = Odetta


Released = 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, blues
Length =
Label = Fuel 2000
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjftxq8kldae link]
Last album = "Livin' With the Blues"
(2000)
This album = "Absolutely the Best"
(2000)
Next album = "Looking For a Home"
(2001)

"Absolutely the Best" is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released in 2000.

The focus of the material are the songs Odetta performed when recording for the Tradition label — 11 tracks from "Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues" and seven from "At the Gate of Horn".

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
# "Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole)" – 2:50
# "Joshua" – 1:51
# "Chilly Winds" – 2:40
# "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – 1:53
# "Take This Hammer" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 3:30
# "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:51
#"Another Man Done Gone" (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:09
# "The Midnight Special" – 2:34
# "Alabama Bound" (Lomax, Lomax) – 1:42
# "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – 1:48
# "Glory, Glory" – 2:10
# "Easy Rider" (Ledbetter) – 5:04
# "Jack o' Diamonds" – 3:13
# "Shame and Scandal" – 2:20
# "'Buked and Scorned" – 2:38
# "Lowlands" – 2:36
# "Pretty Horses" – 2:59
# Spiritual Trilogy: "Oh, Freedom", "Come and Go With Me", "I'm on My Way" – 6:06

Personnel

*Odetta – vocals, guitar
*Bill Lee – bass
*Milt Okun – choir conductor