| The Best of Muddy Waters | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | April 1958 | |||
| Recorded | Chicago, April 1948 – September 1, 1954 | |||
| Genre | Chicago blues | |||
| Length | 35:40[1] | |||
| Label | Chess | |||
| Producer | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess | |||
| Muddy Waters chronology | ||||
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The Best of Muddy Waters is a greatest hits album by Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958. The twelve songs were originally issued as singles between 1948 and 1954 and most appeared in Billboard magazine's top 10 Rhythm & Blues Records charts.
The album is the first by Waters and the third by Chess on the long playing (or LP record) format.[2] Chess re-sequenced the tracks and re-titled it Sail On for release in February 1969.[3]
The album was re-released on compact disc in 1997 by Chess and MCA Records. The Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inducted it as a "Classic of Blues Recording" in 1983.[4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| Record Mirror |  [5] |
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene. "The Best of Muddy Waters [Chess] - Muddy Waters: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- ^ Howard Mandel, ed. (2005). The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues. Billboard Books. pp. 176, 182. ISBN 0-8230-8266-0.
- ^ Chess (1989). Muddy Waters: Chess Box (Box set booklet). Muddy Waters. Chess/MCA Records. p. 26. OCLC 154264537. CHD3-80002.
- ^ O'Neal, Jim (1983). "1983 Hall of Fame Inductees: The Best of Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters (Chess, 1958)". The Blues Foundation. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "Muddy Waters: The Best Of Muddy Waters" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 184. 18 September 1964. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.