A Boot and a Shoe

A Boot and a Shoe
Studio album by Sam Phillips
Released	April 2004 (2004-04)
Studio	Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California The Village, Hollywood, California Stagg Street Studios, Van Nuys, California
Genre	Pop, rock, folk
Length	35:02
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	T Bone Burnett
Sam Phillips chronology
Fan Dance (2001) A Boot and a Shoe (2004) Don't Do Anything (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [3]
The Irish Times	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[1]
Mojo	[5]
Paste	[6]
Q	[7]
Uncut	7/10 [8]

A Boot and a Shoe is the tenth studio album released by American singer and songwriter, Sam Phillips. The album was released in April 2004 and produced by T Bone Burnett. ^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sam Phillips.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"How to Quit"	2:27
2.	"All Night"	4:05
3.	"I Dreamed I Stopped Dreaming"	1:52
4.	"Open the World"	2:19
5.	"Red Silk Five"	2:30
6.	"Reflecting Light"	3:21
7.	"Infiltration"	2:16
8.	"Draw Man"	3:38
9.	"I Wanted to Be Alone"	2:16
10.	"Love Changes Everything"	3:10
11.	"If I Could Write"	2:20
12.	"Hole in My Pocket"	1:25
13.	"One Day Late"	3:13

Personnel

source: ^[9]

• Sam Phillips – vocals, guitar
• Chris Bruce – guitar
• Marc Ribot – guitar
• Patrick Warren – piano, field organ, pump organ
• T Bone Burnett – bass guitar
• Mike Elizondo – bass guitar
• David Piltch – bass guitar
• Carla Azar – drums
• Jay Bellerose – drums
• Jim Keltner – drums
• The Section Quartet
  • Eric Gorfain – violin
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Leah Katz – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello

References

1. "A Boot And A Shoe". Metacritic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
2. Deming, Mark. "A Boot and a Shoe - Sam Phillips". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
3. Phillips flirts with Depression-era stylings and pre-World War II cabaret to brilliantly convey a chaotic world of subdued rage. [7 May 2004, p.86]
4. Stevens, Sufjan (July 2, 2004). "SAM PHILLIPS - A Boot and a Shoe Nonesuch". The Irish Times . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
5. The longer the album runs the more engaging the songs seem to become. [May 2004, p.104]
6. Whitman, Andy (January 15, 2005). "Sam Phillips - A Boot and a Shoe". Paste . Retrieved April 27, 2025.
7. Small, perfectly formed and wonderfully refreshing. [Jun 2004, p.105]
8. Understated and underestimated. [Nov 2004, p.113]
9. "A Boot and a Shoe". AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2019.