The Best of Mose Allison

Infobox Album
Name = The Best of Mose Allison
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = Mose Allison


Released = 1988
Recorded = 1962-1972
Genre = Blues/Jazz
Length = 53:39
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Bob Porter (CD)
Reviews =
Last album = "Ever Since the World Ended"
(1987)
This album = "The Best of Mose Allison"
(1988)
Next album = "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

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

Credits

*Mose Allison – Piano, Vocals (all), Producer (16 - 18)
*Addison Farmer – Bass (1 - 7)
*Osie Johnson – drums (1 - 3)
*Jimmy Knepper – Trombone (4 - 7)
*Jimmy Reider – Tenor Sax (4 - 7)
*Frankie Dunlop – Drums (4 - 7)
*Ben Tucker – Bass (8 - 11)
*Ron Lundberg – Drums (8 - 11)
*Stan Gilbert – Bass (12 - 13)
*Mel Lee – Drums (12 - 13)
*Earl May – Bass (14 - 15)
*Paul Motian – Drums (14 - 15)
*Red Mitchell – Bass (16 - 18)
*Bill Goodwin – Drums (16 - 18)
*Chuck Rainey – Electric Bass (19)
*Billy Cobham – Drums (19)
*Al Porcino – Trumpet (20)
*David Sanborn – Alto Sax (20)
*Joe Farrell – Tenor Sax (20)
*Jack Hannah – Bass (20)
*Jerry Granelli – Drums (20)

*Nesuhi Ertegün – Producer (1 - 15)
*Arif Mardin – Producer (14 - 15)
*Joel Dorn – Producer (19)
*Ilhan Mimaroglu – Producer (20)
*Tom Dowd – Engineer (1 - 7)
*Phil Iehle – Engineer (1 - 3, 8 - 11, 14 - 15)
*Joe Atkinson – Engineer (4 - 7)
*Wally Heider – Engineer (12 - 13)
*Dave Weichman – Engineer (16 - 18)
*Lewis Hahn– Engineer (19)
*Carmen Rubino – Engineer (20)