Alone with Blues

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Alone with Blues
Alone with Blues by Diesel.png
Studio album by
Released16 July 2021
Recorded2020–2021
Label
  • Bloodlines
  • UMA
Producer Mark Lizotte
Diesel chronology
Sunset Suburbia
(2020)
Alone with Blues
(2021)
Singles from Alone with Blues
  1. "Six Steel Strings"
    Released: 19 May 2021 [1]
  2. "Lost and Lookin'"
    Released: 18 June 2021 [2]

Alone with Blues is the fifteenth studio album by Australian rock musician, Diesel. The album was announced in May 2021, alongside the release of the single "Six Steel Strings", and was released on 16 July 2021. [1] the album was supported with the Greatest Hits & Alone With Blues Tour. [3] The album was recorded during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown in Australia [4] and Diesel played every instrument on the album. [5]

Contents

Singles

Reception

Mark Diggins from The Rock Pit said "This is a wonderfully clean Blues album, precise and purposeful and it sets the standards in wonderful stead, it's eschewed the gritty feel of the originals and instead taken a look under the hood, seen what makes the tick, polished them up and delivered them with fresh eyes and ears… And it works beautifully." [5]

Jeff Jenkins from Stack Mazaine said "Here [Diesel] celebrates some of his heroes... What could have been an unnecessary indulgence is instead fun and inclusive, with Diesel delivering short, sharp takes on his favourite blues songs." [6]

Track listing

  1. "I'm Satisfied" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 2:34
  2. "Shame, Shame, Shame" (Jimmy Reed) – 2:58
  3. "Lost and Lookin'" (James Woodie Alexander II, Lowell Jordan) – 2:06
  4. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 3:15
  5. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon) – 4:02
  6. "Boogie Chillen'" (John Lee Hooker, Bernard Bessmen) – 2:26
  7. "Six Steel Strings" (Lizotte, Ross Wilson) – 3:26
  8. "All Your Love (Otis Rush)" – 2:56
  9. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley) – 2:25
  10. "Mirror Blues" (Lizotte, Marc Swersky) – 3:39
  11. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" (trad. arranged by Lizotte) – 2:23

Charts

Chart performance for Alone with Blues
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 20
Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Chart [8] 1

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia [9] [10] [11] 16 July 2021 CD, digital download, streaming, limited-edition LP Bloodlines / UMA BLOOD89

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