J.J. Cale, The Very Best Of J.J. Cale - 60m 50s

Tracks & Durations

1. Call me the breeze	2:38
2. Crazy Mama	2:30
3. Magnolia	3:24
4. After midnight	2:23
5. Lies	2:56
6. Midnight in Memphis	4:25
7. Cajun moon	2:16
8. Rock and roll records	2:05
9. Cocaine	2:53
10. Hey baby	3:18
11. I'll make love to you anytime	3:12
12. Don't cry sister	2:13
13. Thirteen days	2:50
14. Sensitive kind	5:08
15. Carry on	2:21
16. Mama don't	3:51
17. City girls	2:49
18. Devil in disguise	2:02
19. Don't wait	3:09
20. Money talks	4:16

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Review

As best-of collections go, this one is uncommonly understated. Which is probably appropriate given that the singer/songwriter it celebrates is one of the most taciturn rock & rollers to ever saunter down a dusty road. Decades into a career that has produced more commercial success than one might suppose, Cale's Very Best consists of one disc; outtakes and rarities padding a second disc don't fit Cale's less-is-more aesthetic. There's no essay elevating the Oklahoman as a great blues-rock pathfinder, though Eric Clapton and Dire Straits are among the platinum performers who owe him a debt; just musician credits and a modest dedication from Cale adorn the booklet. (Hey, at least the camera-shy Cale sat still for a photo shoot!) As for the music, this 20-song CD consists of a representative selection of hits for himself ("Crazy Mama" and "Lies" charted early in his career) and his partisans (Clapton scored with "Cocaine" and "After Midnight," while Lynyrd Skynyrd made "Call Me the Breeze" a concert staple). The case could easily be made that Cale deserves something a bit more ambitious than this unambiguous overview, but who's going to make the case for the man? Not low-profile J.J., that's for sure. --Steven Stolder

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