チェス・レコードが1959年にリリースしたチャック・ベリーの3枚目。
ベリーは当時過去4年間、威風堂々としたギター・スタイルと抗いがたい楽曲制作でロックン・ロールの基盤を築き上げていた。本作には彼の最高傑作だけでなく、音楽史に残る名曲が多数収録されている。「ジョニー・B・グッド」「メイベリーン」「ロール・オーバー・ベートーヴェン」「キャロル」「オールモスト・グロウン」など。あなたのレコードコレクションに加えるべき、ベリー作品の中でも最も甘美な一枚だ!
発売・販売元 提供資料(2025/10/23)
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. ~ Cub Koda
Rovi