Consumer Guide Album

Billy Swan: At His Best [Monument, 1978]
I'm still glad to own all of his first three albums (and to have filed his more recent stuff in the darkest recesses of my hall). But despite the title recognition moves--his "Don't Be Cruel" grows on me, but he should leave "Shake, Rattle and Roll" to Delbert if not Joe--this is probably the most flattering portrait of this mild-mannered wild-eyed boy you can find. A−