| Back on Track | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Blind Pig | |||
| Producer | Arthur Adams | |||
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Back on Track is an album by the American musician Arthur Adams, released in 1999. [1] [2] It was his first album in 20 years. [3] Adams supported Back on Track with an international tour. [4]
The album was produced by Adams, who also cowrote or wrote the majority of the songs. [4] B. B. King played guitar and sang on "The Long Haul" and "Get You Next to Me"; at the time, Adams was the bandleader at King's Los Angeles club. [5] [6] "Rehabilitation Song" recounts Adams's time in a halfway house. [5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| The Commercial Appeal |  [7] |
| The Gazette | [8] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [9] |
The CMJ New Music Report wrote that "Adams's soulful tenor and crisp guitar solos soar passionately." [10] The Commercial Appeal determined that, "when Adams solos on guitar, his sophisticated, jazzy tone looks equally to Little Milton and B. B. King." [7] The Telegraph-Journal said that "Adams has a honey voice, and comes up with lots of up-tempo soul stirrers." [11]
The Gazette praised "his soulful, gospel-tinged vocals and rocking blues band sound highlighted by his always-fluid electric guitar solos." [8] The Santa Cruz Sentinel noted the soulful vocals and liquidy blues guitar." [12] The Asbury Park Press listed Back on Track among the 10 best blues albums of 2000. [13]
AllMusic wrote that Adams's "vocalizing has a sweet, soulful quality ala Robert Cray or at times Bobby Bland... And his electric six string takes definite cues from his idol, B. B. King." [5] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings admired the "intelligent, adult themes." [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back on Track" | |
| 2. | "Get You Next to Me" | |
| 3. | "Who Does She Think She Is" | |
| 4. | "The Long Haul" | |
| 5. | "No Big Deal" | |
| 6. | "Jumpin' the Gun" | |
| 7. | "You Really Got It Going On" | |
| 8. | "Good Good Good" | |
| 9. | "Rehabilitation Song" | |
| 10. | "Honda Betty" | |
| 11. | "Backup Man" |
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