George Thorogood was, is and always will be a bar band rocker at heart.
On his first major label record 1982's "Bad to the Bone" made for Capitol, he and his tight-as-duck-feathers band don't change a single note of their hard rocking, beer guzzling sound.
Only the size of the bar has changed; Thorogood's slide stings like a big and nasty bee, his voice is as dude-next-door as always, the rhythm section favors brute force over subtlety at all times and Hank Carter blows a marvelously yakky post-Clemons sax.
They cover classic slabs of American rock and blues like the Isley Brothers' "Nobody But Me," Chuck Berry's "No Particular Place to Go," John Lee Hooker's "New Boogie Chillun," soulful ballads like Jimmy Reed's "It's a Sin" and Albert King's "As the Years Go Passing By," and most surprisingly, a restrained and almost thoughtful version of Bob Dylan's ballad "Wanted Man." The originals are good, too, with suitably raw rocker "Back to Wentzille" leading things off and the huge, timeless hit "Bad to the Bone" providing the albums' highlight.
Next to Move It on Over, this is Thorogood's finest work and established him as one of the unsung heroes of the age of AOR.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to Wentzville | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Blue Highway | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Nobody But MeO'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | It's a Sin | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | New Boogie Chillun | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Bad to the BoneGeorge Thorogood | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 7 | Miss Luann | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | As the Years Go Passing ByDeadric Malone | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 05:01 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | No Particular Place to GoChuck Berry | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | Wanted ManBob Dylan | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 41 mins | 95 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 262 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuck Berry | Composer |
| 2 | Billy Blough | Bass |
| 3 | Hank Carter | Saxophone |
| 4 | Bob Dylan | Composer |
| 5 | O'Kelly Isley | Composer |
| 6 | Ronald Isley | Composer |
| 7 | Rudolph Isley | Composer |
| 8 | Deadric Malone | Composer |
| 9 | Jeff Simon | Drums |
| 10 | George Thorogood | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 11 | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Performer, Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |