Editoral Review
Originally released on Impulse in 1966,
It Serves You Right to Suffer may not contain John Lee Hooker's better-known material, but it does serve up eight tracks of topnotch blues, complete with the boogie groove that Hooker does so well. The digital remastering for this CD is a blessing; the recording sounds almost as clean as one made today. That prevents the listener from being distracted from this album's many delights: the uptempo, low-key "Shake It Baby"; the relaxed but rhythmically tight "Country Boy"; the danceable "Bottle Up & Go"; and the slow, sexy shuffle of "Sugar Mama." Especially worth hearing, however, is the title track, which strikes a perfect tension between musicality and mood. --
Genevieve Williams
It Serves You Right to Suffer
by
John Lee Hooker

Label: Mca Special Products
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 088112025210
EAN: 0008811202521
ASIN: B00000JNNV
Release Date: Jul 27, 1999
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