George Thorogood & the Destroyers don't change their tune on Move It On Over, their second album from 1978, but they do polish their attack just a bit.
Where their 1977 album was a nasty, brutish affair, this is sharpened slightly, possibly due to Ken Irwin's muscular production.
Irwin gives the Destroyers some color and lets some air in between the instruments, and the difference is immediately apparent.
Other than that clarity and a lack of originals, not much has changed on Move It On Over: Thorogood still leads the Destroyers through barreling blues boogie, emphasizing feel and sound over groove.
Hound Dog Taylor's Houserockers remain the crucial touch point around which the Destroyers incorporate Elmore James' careening slide and Bo Diddley's hypnotic big beat.
Everything else, including covers of Hank Williams and Chuck Berry, are shoved into this blueprint, a sound that the Destroyers do so well, they never veered away from it (perhaps they learned their lesson from the album's lone stumble, the slow and feeble version of James Moore's "I'm Just Your Good Thing").
Gold records and radio hits came later, but this is the album where everything fell into place for George Thorogood; it's the record that defined what came afterward, and it remains one of his best.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move It on OverHank Williams | George Thorogood & the Destroyers, George Thorogood | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | The Sky Is CryingElmore James, Morgan Robinson | George Thorogood & the Destroyers, George Thorogood | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | It Wasn't MeChuck Berry | George Thorogood & the Destroyers, George Thorogood | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | That Same ThingWillie Dixon | George Thorogood & the Destroyers, George Thorogood | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 5 | So Much TroubleBrownie McGhee | George Thorogood & the Destroyers, George Thorogood | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Baby Please Set a DateElmore James, Homesick James Williamson | George Thorogood & the Destroyers, George Thorogood | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | New Hawaiian BoogieElmore James | George Thorogood & the Destroyers, George Thorogood | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | Who Do You Love | George Thorogood | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 34 mins | 78 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 209 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T.J. "Red" Arnall | Composer |
| 2 | Chuck Berry | Composer |
| 3 | Billy Blough | Bass |
| 4 | Willie Dixon | Composer |
| 5 | Chris Gabrin | Photography |
| 6 | David Gahr | Photography |
| 7 | Mel Green | Adaptation |
| 8 | Ken Irwin | Producer |
| 9 | Elmore James | Composer |
| 10 | Terry Manning | Remastering |
| 11 | Susan Marsh | Design |
| 12 | Ellas McDaniel | Composer |
| 13 | Brownie McGhee | Composer |
| 14 | James Moore | Composer |
| 15 | John Nagy | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 16 | Uncle Meat Pennington | Maracas, Marimba, Tambourine |
| 17 | Morgan Robinson | Composer |
| 18 | Jeff Simon | Drums |
| 19 | Paul Slattery | Photography |
| 20 | George Thorogood | Guitar, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 21 | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | Performer, Primary Artist |
| 22 | Hank Williams | Composer |
| 23 | Homesick James Williamson | Composer |
| 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). |