Little Marie/Our Little Rendezvous/No Particular Place To Go/You Two/Promised Land/You Never Can Tell/Go Bobby Soxer/Things I Used To Do/Liverpool Drive/Night Beat/Merry Christmas Baby/Brenda Lee
Rock & roll pioneer Chuck Berry's final release of memorable new material came with St. Louis To Liverpool. It contains the hit singles No Particular Place To Go and You Never Can Tell. (US:124)
"The release of 1964's St Louis To Liverpool found the seminal rock & roller riding high on a resurgence of popularity thanks to The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and other British acts who had discovered and reinterpreted Berry's music."
"Though the record was released at the tail end of Berry's streak of self-penned hits, the disc still throws out classics left and right. It's hard to imagine the rock canon without Little Marie, No Particular Place To Go and You Never Can Tell."
"To some extent, this is Berry's final hurrah. The album doesn't greatly change his formula of clever lyrics, memorable guitar licks and Johnnie Johnson's ever-present piano backings, but it does add a few classics and some fine album tracks."
"In no way did Chuck Berry intend to surrender his rock ’n’ roll to the British Invasion without a fight. It rocks right from the very first number and one could almost believe that one was in a road movie when Berry belts out his songs about America and its people."
"This may be rock's first great comeback album. St. Louis To Liverpool captures the middle-aged Chuck Berry doing what he did best: pounding out song after song of relentless rock 'n' roll brilliance without much regard for anything else."
"The songs are some of the best in the entire Chuck Berry catalogue. Opener Little Marie sets the pace brilliantly, with its churning guitars, a strutting rhythm section, and a nearly hypnotic vocal. No Particular Place To Go recycles the stop-start melody of Berry's earlier School Days, throwing in some hilarious lyrics for good measure. You Never Can Tell proves that Chuck was one of rock 'n' roll's greatest storytellers, and includes some smokin' guitars and pianos. The remaining tracks are marvellous as well."
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