Endlessly: The Best of Brook Benton (1998)

About this title: Twelve years after they released Anthology, arguably the definitive career-spanning Brook Benton collection, Rhino adapted the compilation for CD, releasing Endlessly: The Best of Brook Benton. Endlessly features three tracks less than Anthology, yet it doesn't suffer -- it remains a nearly flawless overview of Benton's career, featuring all of his big hits plus many terrific lesser-known singles. Every one of his great singles -- from "It's Just a Matter of Time," "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)," and "Kiddio" to "The Boll Weevil Song" and "Rainy Night in Georgia" -- are here, in a more ... read more

Tracks:

1. It's Just a Matter of Time [Benton/Hendricks/Ot]
2. Hurtin' Inside [Colacrai/Randazzo]
3. Endlessly [Otis/Benton]
4. So Many Ways [Benton/Stevenson]
5. Baby (You've Got What It Takes) [Benton/Otis/Stein]
6. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) [Benton/DeJesus/Otis]
7. Kiddio [Benton/Otis]
8. Fools Rush In [Mercer/Bloom]
9. Think Twice [Shapiro/Williams/Ot]
10. The Boll Weevil [Benton/Otis]
11. It's Just a House Without You [Benton/Colacrai/Oti]
12. Frankie and Johnny [Traditional]
13. Revenge [Benton/Ewald/Hall]
14. Shadrack [MacGimsey]
15. Hit Record [Williams]
16. Lie to Me [Singleton/Benton]
17. Hotel Happiness [Carr/Shuman]
18. Still Waters Run Deep [Aranda/Gaspar/Perpe]
19. A Rainy Night in Georgia [White]
20. Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home [South]

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