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 rock and roll and rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis from the mid-1950s to the 1980s, including 27 charting hits.[ 4] The album has been critically well received. In 2003, Rolling Stone listed the album at #245 in its list of "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ",[ 5] maintaining its rating in a 2012 revised list, and dropping to #325 in the 2020 update.[ 6] [ 7] 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."[ 8]
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology Released May 18, 1993 Genre Length 116 :57 Label Rhino Producer James Austin, Jack Clement , Tony Colton, Bones Howe , Stan Kesler , Eddie Kilroy , Sigfried Loch, Huey P. Meaux , Sam Phillips , Steve Rowland , Shelby Singleton
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 3]
"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
"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
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
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^ Hilburn, Robert (May 21, 1993). "Anthology Gives a 'Killer' View of Jerry Lee Lewis" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 30, 2020 .
^ Allmusic review
^ Allmusic review
^ All Killer, No Filler! Rolling Stone online. (November 1, 2003). Accessed September 30, 2007.
^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time" . Rolling Stone . 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" . Rolling Stone . 2020-09-22. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24.
^ Wolff, Kurt; Orla Duane (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide . Rough Guides. p. 279. ISBN 1-85828-534-8 .