The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues

The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released in 1994.

The focus of the material is the music Odetta performed when recording for the Tradition label — Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956) and Odetta at the Gate of Horn (1957). Tradition released The Best of Odetta on LP with a slightly different track list in 1967.

It was also re-released on CD on the Collectables label in 2006.

Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
 * 1) "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – 1:59
 * 2) "Lowlands" – 2:41
 * 3) "The Fox" – 1:53
 * 4) "The Lass from the Low Countree" (John Jacob Niles) – 4:40
 * 5) "Devilish Mary" – 1:57
 * 6) "Take This Hammer" (Ledbetter) – 3:33
 * 7) "Greensleeves" – 2:49
 * 8) "Deep River" – 3:00
 * 9) "Chilly Winds" – 2:43
 * 10) "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (Huey Prince, Lou Singer) – 2:43
 * 11) "Shame and Scandal" (Sir Lancelot) – 2:23
 * 12) "'Buked and Scorned" – 2:40
 * 13) "Joshua" – 1:54
 * 14) "Glory, Glory" – 2:13
 * 15) "Been in the Pen" – 2:32
 * 16) "Deep Blue Sea" – 3:02
 * 17) "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – 1:51
 * 18) Spiritual Trilogy" – 6:05

Personnel

 * Odetta – vocals, guitar
 * Bill Lee – bass