All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (also called The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer, No Filler!) is a 1993 box set collecting 42 songs by American musician Jerry Lee Lewis from the mid-1950s to the 1980s, including 27 charting hits.[ Allmusic review] The album has been critically well received. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album at #242 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time",All Killer, No Filler! Rolling Stone online. (November 1, 2003). Accessed September 30, 2007. #245 in the 2012 revised list, and #325 in the 2020 update. Country Music: The Rough Guide indicated that "[t]his is the kind of full-bodied, decades-spanning treatment that Lewis's long, diverse career more than well deserves."
Track listing
Disc one "Crazy Arms" (Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals) – 2:44 "End of the Road" (Jerry Lee Lewis) – 1:48 "It'll Be Me" (Jack Clement) – 2:45 "All Night Long" (Don Chapel, Traditional) – 2:03 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" (Sonny David, Dave Williams) – 2:52 "You Win Again" (Hank Williams) – 2:55 "Great Balls of Fire" (Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer) – 1:51 "Down the Line" (Roy Orbison, Sam Phillips) – 2:13 "Breathless" (Blackwell) – 2:42 "High School Confidential" (Ron Hargrave, Lewis) – 2:29 "Break Up" (Charlie Rich) – 2:38 "In the Mood" (Joe Garland, Andy Razaf) – 2:20 "I'm on Fire" (Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer) – 2:23 "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy Jr.) – 4:28 "Another Place, Another Time" (Jerry Chesnut) – 2:25 "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (Glenn Sutton) – 2:35 "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)" (Sutton) – 2:29 "To Make Love Sweeter for You" (Jerry Kennedy, Sutton) – 2:49 "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (Penny Jay) – 2:58 "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" (Hal Blair, Eddie Dean, Dearest Dean) – 2:38 "Invitation to Your Party" (Bill Taylor) – 1:57
Disc two "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" (Doug Gilmore, Mickey Newbury) – 2:39 "One Minute Past Eternity" (Stan Kesler, Taylor) – 2:05 "I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye" (Don Robertson) – 2:33 "Once More With Feeling" (Kris Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein) – 2:24 "There Must Be More to Love Than This" (Thomas LaVerne, Taylor) – 2:43 "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 2:24 "Touching Home" (Dallas Frazier, A. L. Owens) – 2:36 "Would You Take Another Chance on Me" (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) – 2:51 "Chantilly Lace" (J.P. Richardson) – 2:50 "No Headstone on My Grave" (Rich) – 5:22 "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Stick McGhee, J. Mayo Williams) – 3:38 "Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough" (Kesler) – 2:54 "Meat Man" (Mack Vickery) – 2:46 "He Can't Fill My Shoes" (Frank Dycus, Larry Kingston) – 2:32 "Let's Put It Back Together Again" (Foster, Rice) – 3:18 "Middle Age Crazy" (Sonny Throckmorton) – 3:54 "Come on In" (Bobby Braddock) – 2:32 "I'll Find It Where I Can" (Michael Clark, Zack Vanasdale) – 2:46 "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:45 "Thirty-Nine and Holding" (Foster, Rice) – 2:56 "Rockin' My Life Away" (Vickery) – 3:27
Personnel
Performance
John Allen – guitar Tony Ashton – organ Joe Babcock – choir, chorus Byron Bach – cello John Bahler – choir, chorus Brenton Banks – violin Stuart Basore – steel guitar George Binkley III – violin Hal Blaine – percussion, drums Harold Bradley – guitar Jim Brown – organ Albert Wynn Butler – trombone Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums Paul Cannon – guitar Jerry Carrigan – drums Fred Carter – guitar John Catchings – cello Marvin Chantry – viola Steve Chapman – acoustic guitar Roy Christensen – cello Virginia Christensen – violin John Christopher, Jr. – guitar Jack Clement – bass guitar Tony Colton – percussion Steve Cropper – guitar Dorothy Ann Dillard – choir, chorus Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar Ned Davis – steel guitar Louis Dean Nunley – choir, chorus Edward DeBruhl – bass guitar Pete Drake – steel guitar John Duke – flute, saxophone Bobby Dyson – bass guitar Ray Edenton – guitar Dolores Edgin – choir, chorus Harvey "Duke" Faglier – guitar, electric guitar Stan Farber – choir, chorus Matthew Fisher – percussion Solie Fott – violin Milton Friedstand – strings Linda Gail Lewis – vocals, performer Pete Gavin – drums Joan Gilbert – strings Noel Gilbert – strings Carl Gorodetzky – violin Lloyd Green – steel guitar Jim Haas – choir, chorus Lennie Haight – violin Jack Hale – trombone John Hanken – drums Buddy Harman – drums Herman Hawkins – bass guitar Hoyt Hawkins – choir, chorus Ron Hicklin – choir, chorus Charles "Chas" Hodges – bass guitar Ginger Holladay – choir, chorus Mary Holladay – choir, chorus Priscilla Ann Hubbard – choir, chorus Lillian Hunt – violin Jim Isbell – drums Al Jackson Jr. – drums Wayne Jackson – trumpet Roland Janes – bass guitar, guitar, acoustic bass Otis Jett – drums Kenney Jones – drums Martin Katahn – violin Thomas "Bunky" Keels – organ, electric piano Mike Kellie – drums Jerry Kennedy – guitar Stan Kesler – bass guitar Dave Kirby – electric guitar Sheldon Kurland – violin Albert Lee – guitar Alvin Lee – guitar Billy Lee Riley – guitar Jerry Lee Lewis – percussion, piano, vocals Mike Leech – bass guitar Wilfred Lehmann – violin Leo Lodner – bass guitar Ed Logan – tenor saxophone Andrew Love – saxophone Kenny Lovelace – acoustic guitar, fiddle, guitar Rebecca Lynch – violin Neal Matthews – choir, chorus Tim May – guitar Charlie McCoy – harmonica, vibraphone Martha McCrory – cello Augie Meyers – organ, Vox organ James Mitchell – horn Dennis Molchan – violin Bob Moore – bass guitar Scotty Moore – guitar Gene Morford – choir, chorus Cam Mullins – conductor Weldon Myrick – steel guitar Anne Oldham – strings Charles Owens – steel guitar June Page – choir, chorus David "Dave" Parlato – bass guitar Brian Parrish – percussion Ray Phillips – bass William Puett – horn Hargus "Pig" Robbins – organ, piano, electric piano Stephen Sefsik – clarinet Dale Sellers – guitar Pete Shannon – guitar Jerry Shook – guitar Lea Jane Singers – choir, chorus Pamela Sixfin – violin Ray Smith – acoustic guitar Gordon Stoker – choir, chorus Bill Strom – organ Sugar Sweets – choir, chorus Jimmy Tarbutton – guitar Morris "Tarp" Tarrant – drums William Taylor – trumpet Donald Teal – violin Samuel Terranova – violin Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar James "J.M." Van Eaton – drums David Vanderkooi – cello Gary VanOsdale – viola Mack Vickery – harmonica Klaus Voormann – bass guitar Herman Wade – guitar Ray C. Walker – choir, chorus Hurshel Wiginton – leader, choir, chorus Anna Williams – choir, chorus Stephanie Woolf – violin Gary Wright – organ William Wright – choir, chorus Chip Young – guitar Joe Zinkan – bass guitar
Production James Austin – compilation producer Jack Clement – producer Tony Colton – producer Geoff Gans – art direction Jimmy Guterman – liner notes Bones Howe – producer Bill Inglot – remastering Jerry Kennedy – producer Stan Kesler – producer Eddie Kilroy – producer Sigfried Loch – producer Huey P. Meaux – producer Monster X – design Ken Perry – remastering Sam Phillips – producer Steve Rowland – producer Showtime Music Archives – photography Shelby Singleton – producer Billy Strange – string arrangement D. Bergen White – string arrangement
Contribution unspecified Stephen Clapp Roy Dea Millie Kirkham Norman Ray
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