Better Than the Rest

1979 studio album by George Thorogood

Studio album by

George Thorogood

Released

September 1979

Recorded

September 1974

Genre

Blues rock
boogie rock

Length

27:38

Label

MCA

Producer

Danny 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

"My Way"
Released: 1979
"In the Night Time"
Released: 1979

Better Than the Rest is the third album of songs by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, recorded in 1974 and released in September 1979.^[1] The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Background and recording

Better Than the Rest was recorded sometime in September 1974,^[4] when Thorogood was in a production agreement with Danny Lipman.^[5] At the time, Thorogood was an unknown artist and wasn't signed to any label.^[6]

According to Thorogood, the band didn't have anything to do with Better Than the Rest, as they didn't own the masters to the album.^[7]

Release

MCA Records released Better Than the Rest in September 1979.^[1]^[4]^[8] The album peaked at No. 78 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[2]^[3]^[4]

CD Reissue

In 1986, the songs from this album were released on compact disc with the title Nadine, in a different track order.^[9] Better Than The Rest itself was never reissued on CD.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[11]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues	^[12]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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, N. Wilson	2:26

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nadine"	Chuck Berry	4:03
2.	"My Way"	Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart	1:56
3.	"You're Gonna Miss Me"	Eddie Jones	2:14
4.	"Worried About My Baby"	Howlin' Wolf	3:29
5.	"Huckle Up Baby"	Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker	2:24
Total length:			27:38

Personnel

Musicians

George Thorogood – vocals, guitar
Michael Levine – bass guitar
Jeff Simon – drums, backing vocals

Technical

Danny Lipman – producer
Joe Chicarrelli – engineer

Charts

Chart	Peak position
United States (Billboard 200)^[2]	78
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[13]	43

References

^ ^a ^b "BETTER THAN THE REST". George Thorogood official website.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Billboard 200". Billboard.
^ ^a ^b "George Thorogood Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d uDiscover Team (March 8, 2020). "George Thorogood - Prodigiously-Talented Boogie Blues Guitarist". uDiscover Music.
^ "Billboard". Billboard. March 31, 1979. p. 178.
^ Chrispell, James. "Better Than the Rest Review". AllMusic.
^ Moser, John J. "Interviewing George Thorogood: Rocker, coming to Allentown, says touring is what bluesmen do". The Morning Call.
^ Reader Staff. "George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Saturday, April 20, 2024, 8 - 11pm". River Cities' Reader.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Nadine Review".
^ "Better Than the Rest Review by James Chrispell". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 706.
^ The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. Virgin. 1998. p. 346.
^ "charts.org.nz - George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Better Than The Rest". charts.org.nz.