Berry Is on Top

Berry Is on Top
Studio album by
Chuck Berry
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)[1]
RecordedMay 21, 1955–1959, Chicago, Illinois
GenreRock and roll
Length30:25
LabelChess LP–1435[1]
ProducerLeonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry chronology
One Dozen Berrys
(1958) 		Berry Is on Top
(1959) 		Rockin' at the Hops
(1960)
Singles from Berry Is On Top
  1. "Maybellene"
    Released: July 1955
  2. "Johnny B. Goode" / "Around and Around"
    Released: March 31, 1958
  3. "Carol"/"Hey Pedro"
    Released: August 1958
  4. "Sweet Little Rock & Roller"/"Jo Jo Gunne"
    Released: October 1958
  5. "Anthony Boy"
    Released: January 1959
  6. "Almost Grown" / "Little Queenie"
    Released: March 1959
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Berry Is on Top is the third studio album by rock and roll artist Chuck Berry, released in July 1959 on Chess Records, catalogue LP 1435. With the exception of one track, "Blues for Hawaiians", all selections had been previously released on 45 rpm singles,[1] several of which were double-sided and charted twice. In his review of the album for AllMusic, Cub Koda described it as "almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself" and the most perfectly realized collection of Berry's career.[2] In 2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissued the album with St. Louis to Liverpool on an Ultradisc II Gold compact disc. In 2012, Hoodoo reissued the album with One Dozen Berrys on the same CD.

  1. ^ a b c Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955–1966)". Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  2. ^ a b Cub Koda. "Chuck Berry Is on Top > Overview". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 568.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 54–55.