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Hooker

by John Lee Hooker

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of 455,477

2,978
2000's

of 265,750

286
2006

of 33,755

43

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.1220 Hooker is ranked overall as 3.1220 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.6154 Hooker has an avg. critic score of 3.6154 out of 4 stars

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Stylus Magazine

Rarely has so much done with so little. At least that's the standard line. John Lee Hooker took one chord, a foot-stomp, and a powerful voice and shook us every time. ...more

PopMatters

"Boom, boom, boom, boom.” Lyrically, those words aren’t much to look at. But, when sung by blues master John Lee Hooker, they accrue a gut-level poignancy, bringing smiles to the faces of generations of listeners. ...more

PopMatters

Hooker is everything one would want from a box set. It encapsulates a vast swath of musical history, showing both the personal evolution of a legendary musician and the gradual transformations that occurred in the genre. ...more

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StylusMagazine

Hooker, a four-disc box set, shows that the man had some flexibility in his sound. And that all he really needed was one riff to turn his tales around. ...read the complete review at StylusMagazine

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Blogcritics

Few bluesmen have proved as versatile or as enduring as John Lee Hooker, and while this set might not include every scrap of the evidence to bear this out, it comes close. Hooker opens with "Boogie Chillen" and 84 songs, 5 hours, 4 discs later, ...read the complete review at Blogcritics

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Uncut

Three albums of digital dub put Stefan Betke at the forefront of new electronic music, but also presented him with a conundrum: how to progress when your entire aesthetic is reductive? Pole unveils his solution, employing a saxophonist, double...read the complete review at Uncut

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