Better Than the Rest
Studio album by
George Thorogood
ReleasedSeptember 1979
Recorded1974
Genre
Length27:38
LabelMCA
ProducerDanny Lipman
George Thorogood chronology
Move It on Over
(1978)		 Better Than the Rest
(1979)		 More George Thorogood & The Destroyers
(1980)
Singles from Better Than the Rest
  1. "My Way"
    Released: 1979
  2. "In the Night Time"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Better Than the Rest is the third album (mini-album) of songs by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, recorded in 1974 and released in 1979. When the songs were recorded, Thorogood was an unknown artist who was not signed to a record label. After he had released his first two official albums on Rounder Records in 1977 and 1978, Better Than The Rest was released by MCA. In 1986, the songs from this album were released on compact disc with the title Nadine, in a different track order.

Track listing

  1. "In the Night Time" (Michael Henderson, Sylvester Rivers) – 3:08
  2. "I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon) – 2:46
  3. "Goodbye Baby" (Joe Josea, Jules Taub, Sam Ling) – 3:08
  4. "Howlin for My Darling" (Dixon, Howlin' Wolf) – 3:24
  5. "My Weakness" (Vetter Smith, Wilson) – 2:26
  6. "Nadine" (Chuck Berry) – 4:03
  7. "My Way" (Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart) – 1:56
  8. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (Eddie Jones) – 2:14
  9. "Worried About My Baby" (Wolf) – 3:29
  10. "Huckle Up Baby" (Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker) – 2:24

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Pop Albums[3] 78

References

  1. ↑ "Better Than the Rest Review by James Chrispell". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 706.
  3. ↑ "Billboard 200: Week of October 27, 1979". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2023.


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