Dr. John - The Best of the Parlophone Years

The four albums Dr. John recorded for Parlophone leading up to this compilation were very distinct projects. The first, 1998's Anutha Zone, functioned as the New Orleans legend's return to trans-Atlantic critical respectability, thanks to a parade of British admirers (Paul Weller, J Spaceman of Spiritualized, and Gaz Coombes of Supergrass among others). One year later, he recorded a deliciously dripping tribute to Duke Ellington titled Duke Elegant, and he followed after the end of the millennium with an old-fashioned New Orleans R&B records (2001's Creole Moon) and a heavily collaborational record (N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'udda) including B.B. King, Randy Newman, and Willie Nelson. Best of the Parlophone Years recycles 15 tracks from those sessions and adds a pair of bonus tracks: the unreleased "Careless Love" featuring Willie Tee (circa N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'udda) and "Look Out" (added to a Japanese version of Anutha Zone). Grabbing tracks from such a tight time frame produces a very unified compilation, although Dr. John's syrupy growl and laid-back swing aren't flattered by the first half of this compilation, where the tempos rarely vary.

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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Zonata
2 I Like Ki Yoka
3 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
4 Voices in My Head
5 Marie Laveau
6 Party Hellfire / Robin Jones
7 Now That You Got Me
8 Hen Layin' Rooster / B.B. King
9 I Ate Up the Apple Tree / Randy Newman
10 I'm Gonna Go Fishin'
11 Hello God
12 Food for Thot
13 I Don't Wanna Know
14 Lay My Burden Down / Mavis Staples
15 Sweet Home New Orleans / Robin Jones
16 Careless Love previously unreleased / Bonus Track
17 Look Out previously unreleased / Bonus Track