The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Bessie Smith

Album by Bessie Smith

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Down Hearted Blues
    3:27
  2. 2.
    A Good Man Is Hard to Find
    3:02
  3. 3.
    I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
    3:21
  4. 4.
    Careless Love
    3:24
  5. 5.
    Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
    3:09
  6. 6.
    T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
    3:30
  7. 7.
    I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
    2:52
  8. 8.
    Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
    3:24
  9. 9.
    Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
    3:31
  10. 10.
    Empty Bed Blues (Part One)
    3:03
  11. 11.
    Empty Bed Blues (Part Two)
    3:21
  12. 12.
    Back Water Blues
    3:19
  13. 13.
    The Yellow Dog Blues
    3:03
  14. 14.
    Me and My Gin
    2:51
  15. 15.
    St Louis Blues
    3:11
  16. 16.
    Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
    3:20
  17. 17.
    Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
    2:59
  18. 18.
    After You’ve Gone
    2:57
  19. 19.
    Jailhouse Blues
    3:15
  20. 20.
    Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues
    2:46
  21. 21.
    I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
    2:47

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Coffee Grindin’ Blues
    3:27
  2. 3.
    My Stove’s in Good Condition
    2:54
  3. 4.
    Knockin’ Myself Out
    3:00
  4. 5.
    Dirty Mother for You
    2:48
  5. 6.
    Short John
    2:53
  6. 7.
    Dope Head Blues
    3:20
  7. 8.
    Love Shows Weakness
    2:41
  8. 9.
    When I Get Low I Get High
    2:25
  9. 10.
    Jack I’m Mellow
    2:46
  10. 11.
    I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
    2:54
  11. 12.
    One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
    2:52
  12. 13.
    Oh What a Dream
    2:53

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