Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
TracksHuman Condition 5:36, Strut My Stuff 2:48, Hot Money, House of Blue Lights 3:34, Just Got to Be There 4:02, You Just Got to Rock 3:17, She's Looking Good 3:20, Open Up Your Back Door 3:45, Wrapped Up 3:15, Kings of the Boogie (Bonus Track) 3:20, Refried Hockey Boogie (Bonus Track) 23:13, Dust My Broom 4:36, Searching for My Baby 3:03, Sunflower Blues 2:44, Jonny B Goode 3:33, Ninety Nine and a Half 4:19, High School Dance 3:29, Loquismo 7:25, The Stumble 3:22, Let's Work Together 3:27, I Need a Hundred Dollars 5:19, Kings of the Boogie 3:24, On the Road Again 5:08, LSD Boogie 4:31
NotesThis 1978 release is significant for being the last complete studio album featuring Bob "The Bear" Hite who died - aged just 36 - of a heart attack on April 6, 1981 after a gig at the Palamino in North Hollywood. At that point the band was midway through recording the KINGS OF THE BOOGIE album for the Destiny Label. HUMAN CONDITION was recorded during 1977 and is complex in form with frequent gear changes - from blues to jazz-blues and back - but at it's base is that updated John Lee Hooker 'Boogie Chiller' riff that was Canned Heat's trademark from the early days around 1967 onward. This collection also includes I USED TO BE HALF MAD BUT NOW I'M HALF CRAZY, which was recorded at the end of the 1981 tour and features rock'n'roll and soul covers, blues originals and new approaches to Heat's hits.