You Better Run

Rating

Album: You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Release Me	More Info...
2)	All Night Long	More Info...
3)	Meet Me In The City	More Info...
4)	You Better Run	More Info...
5)	Done Got Old	More Info...
6)	Sad Days Lonely Nights	More Info...
7)	Old Black Mattie	More Info...
8)	Most Things Haven t Worked Out	More Info...
9)	I m Leaving You Baby	More Info...
10)	Keep On Braggin'	More Info...
11)	Tramp	More Info...
12)	Nobody But You	More Info...

Album: You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Release Me	More Info...
2)	All Night Long	More Info...
3)	Meet Me In The City	More Info...
4)	You Better Run	More Info...
5)	Done Got Old	More Info...
6)	Sad Days Lonely Nights	More Info...
7)	Old Black Mattie	More Info...
8)	Most Things Haven t Worked Out	More Info...
9)	I m Leaving You Baby	More Info...
10)	Keep On Braggin'	More Info...
11)	Tramp	More Info...
12)	Nobody But You	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Junior Kibrough, Charlie Feathers (vocals, guitar); Kenny Brown (guitar); Dale Beavers, Gary Burnside (bass); Kenny Malone (drums).
Producers include: Robert Palmer, Junior Kimbrough, Matthew Johnson, Bruce Watson, John Herman.
Recorded between 1969 & 1996. Includes liner notes by Anthony DeCurtis.
Gathering the best of his all-too-brief recording career, You Better Run: The Essential Junior Kimbrough includes most of his best-known songs, including "Done Got Old," "Meet Me in the City," "You Better Run," and "All Night Long." The collection does a good job of representing each of Kimbrough's albums, ranging from the rough-and-ready sound of All Night Long; Sad Days, Lonely Nights' dark, swampy feel (exemplified here by the title track and "Old Black Mattie"); the dense sonics of Most Things Haven't Worked Out's title track; and the gritty, uncompromising edge to God Knows I Tried's "Tramp." For anyone unsure where to dive into Kimbrough's catalog, You Better Run offers the ideal starting point. ~ Heather Phares

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (9/19/02, p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 - "This, boys and girls, is why not everyone can play the blues....The music is dark and vibrant, the sex nasty, the nights late and messy, and women not to be trusted."

Entertainment Weekly (10/25/02, p.77) - "...A dozen examples of Kimbrough's iconoclastic mix of raw menace and unexpected beauty..." - Rating: A

Living Blues (11/02, pp.76-7) - "...The album paints a beautiful aural picture of Kimbrough..."