The Essence of Bessie Smith

Album by Bessie Smith

BluesDelta Blues

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Downhearted Blues
    3:27
  2. 2.
    Gimme a Pigfoot
    3:29
  3. 3.
    Baby Won't You Please Come Home
    2:56
  4. 4.
    Taint Nobody's Business If I Do
    3:27
  5. 5.
    Any Woman's Blues
    3:26
  6. 6.
    Chicago Bound Blues
    3:17
  7. 7.
    Graveyard Dream Blues
    2:44
  8. 8.
    Jail House Blues
    3:14
  9. 9.
    Lady Luck Blues
    3:08
  10. 10.
    Boweavil Blues
    2:52
  11. 11.
    Bye Bye Blues
    3:18
  12. 12.
    House Rent Blues
    3:06
  13. 13.
    Sing Sing Prison Blues
    3:04
  14. 14.
    Woman's Trouble Blues
    3:05
  15. 15.
    Work House Blues
    3:21
  16. 16.
    Ain't Gonna Play Second Fiddle
    3:21
  17. 17.
    St Louis Blues
    3:10
  18. 18.
    Careless Love Blues
    3:26
  19. 19.
    He’s Gone Blues
    3:09
  20. 20.
    Love Me Daddy Blues
    3:14
  21. 21.
    Sinful Blues
    3:09
  22. 22.
    You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon
    3:29

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Young Woman’s Blues
    3:08
  2. 2.
    Gin House Blues
    3:13
  3. 3.
    Golden Rules
    3:03
  4. 4.
    Hard Driving Papa
    2:57
  5. 5.
    What’s the Matter Now?
    2:45
  6. 6.
    A Good Man Is Hard to Find
    2:59
  7. 7.
    Alexander’s Ragtime Band
    2:59
  8. 8.
    After You’ve Gone
    2:56
  9. 9.
    Blackwater Blues
    3:18
  10. 10.
    Honey Man Blues
    3:13
  11. 11.
    Lock and Key
    2:58
  12. 12.
    Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
    3:06
  13. 13.
    Preachin’ the Blues
    2:51
  14. 14.
    Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
    3:21
  15. 15.
    There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
    3:19
  16. 16.
    Dyin’ By the Hour
    2:58
  17. 17.
    Foolish Man Blues
    2:53
  18. 18.
    I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
    2:57
  19. 19.
    Kitchen Man
    2:56
  20. 20.
    Me and My Gin
    2:50
  21. 21.
    Black Mountain Blues
    3:07
  22. 22.
    On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
    2:55
  23. 23.
    I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
    2:47
  24. 24.
    Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
    2:58

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