Takes to the Hills

This album was re-issued in 1966 as V-8 Ford Blues.

Track listing
All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated


 * 1) "V-8 Ford Blues" (Willie Love) – 2:11
 * 2) "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 1:26
 * 3) "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) – 2:32
 * 4) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams) – 1:41
 * 5) "I Love the Life I Live" (Willie Dixon) – 2:22
 * 6) "I Ain't Got Nobody" (Roger Graham, Spencer Williams) – 1:51
 * 7) "Back on the Corner" – 1:54
 * 8) "Life Is Suicide" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:44
 * 9) "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 1:55
 * 10) "Ask Me Nice" – 2:32
 * 11) "You're a Sweetheart" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:11
 * 12) "Mad with You" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 2:10

Personnel
Tracks 3 and 9 previously released on Transfiguration of Hiram Brown (recorded December 21, 1959 – January 11, 1960):
 * Mose Allison – piano, vocals
 * Addison Farmer – bass
 * Jerry Segal – drums

Tracks 5, 6, 11, and 12 previously released on I Love the Life I Live (recorded June 30, 1960):
 * Mose Allison – piano, vocals
 * Henry Grimes – bass
 * Paul Motian – drums

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, and 10 (recorded May 16, 1961):
 * Mose Allison – piano, vocals
 * Aaron Bell – bass
 * Osie Johnson – drums