While Bare Wires was Mayall's best selling Blues Breakers' album in the U.S., it could have been better. The music is very strong, and the musicianship is standard.

Product Details Availability eBay.co.uk John Mayall Bare Wires w/Inner Mono LK 4945 Unboxed 1A/1A Condition: Used Time left: 8h 50m 1s Ships to: Worldwide £24.99 eBay.co.uk John Mayall: Bare Wires (CD) Condition: New Time left: 17h 27m 2s Ships to: Worldwide £14.59 eBay.co.uk John Mayall - Bare Wires (1988) Condition: Like New Time left: 23h 34m 28s Ships to: Worldwide £4. Grande Vista Hotel Myrtle Beach. 00 My favourite store: Bare Wires is ranked 3rd best out of by on BestEverAlbums.com. The best album by John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers is which is ranked number 13547 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 90. John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers album bestography « Higher ranked (18,631st) This album (21,139th) Lower ranked (24,385th) » Bare Wires.

One of Mayall's best albums. First half is Bare wires suite, a series of bluesy compositions that flow one after another like a dream or a trip. Second half features a couple of fast paced blues ('killing time' with great sax work, 'She's too young' and the instrumental 'Hartley quits'), and three less beat driven ones -wich are the best of the album. 'No reply' is a wha guitar driven blues over a percussion background while 'Sandy' take us back to the Delta with dark slide guitar tones. Lastly the star track IMO is 'I'm a Stranger', a slow blues with a very deep performance.