Cry Baby (the Ultimate Collection)

This 52-disc (no, that is not a typo) comp, ABC of the Blues: The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities, may just indeed live up to its name. There are 98 artists represented , performing 1,040 tracks. The music begins at the beginning (though the set is not sequenced chronologically) with Charlie Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson, and moves all the way through the vintage Chicago years of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, with stops along the way in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, New York, and all points in between. Certainly, some of these artists are considered more rhythm & blues than purely blues artists: the inclusion of music by Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Bo Diddley, and others makes that clear…

Number 1's The Ultimate Collection features 100 hits that reached the much-coveted top UK chart top spot. Each of the 5 CDs features a carefully sequenced selection from one of 5 decades from the 60s right up to the noughties. Featuring a stunning array of rock, pop and soul anthems this is the very best of the UK chart in one poptastic box set.