25 Years 1968-1993 (1994)

About this title: Most casual fans know the Climax Blues Band through "Couldn't Get It Right" and "I Love You," a pair of slick pop and soft-rock hits from the late '70s and early '80s. Those two songs are a little misleading, in a way, since they arrived halfway through a career that spanned over 25 years. Anyone who heard those two hits probably were puzzled by the "Blues" in the group's name, since they were in no way bluesy. As the double-disc, 32-track set 25 Years proves, they started out as a British blues band in the late '60s. Unfortunately, they just weren't very good, slogging through the same three ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't Start Me Talking [Williamson]
2. Wee Baby Blues [Traditional]
3. Flight [Climax Blues Band]
4. Hey Baby, Everything's Gonna Be Alright Yeh Yeh Yeh [Climax Blues Band]
5. Louisiana Blues [Morganfield]
6. Brief Case [Climax Blues Band]
7. That's All [Climax Blues Band]
8. Shoot Her If She Runs [Climax Chicago]
9. Rich Man [Climax Blues Band]
10. Mole on the Dole [Climax Blues Band]
11. Standing by a River [Climax Blues Band]
12. Let's Work Together [Harrison]
13. Losin' the Humbles [Climax Blues Band]
14. Shopping Bag People [Climax Blues Band]
15. Running Out of Time [Climax Blues Band]
16. Mighty Fire [Climax Blues Band]
17. Together and Free [Climax Blues Band]
18. Couldn't Get It Right [Climax Blues Band]
19. Watcha Feel? [Climax Blues Band]
20. Like a Movie [Climax Blues Band]
21. Children of the Night -Tim [Climax Blues Band]
22. Gotta Have More Love [Guidry/Silbar]
23. I Love You [Climax Blues Band]
24. Cuttin' up Rough [Holt/Cuffley]
25. The Last Chance Saloon [Cooper/Cuffley/Holt]
26. Friends in High Places [Haycock]
27. Listen to the Night [Graham]
28. The Movie Queen [Cooper]
29. California Sunshine [Cooper/Glover]
30. Ordinary People [Cooper/Glover]
31. Fool for the Bright Lights [Cooper/Glover]
32. Don't Start Me Talking [Live] [Williamson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.