Back to the Blues (Gary Moore album)

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Back to the Blues
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Studio album by
Released12 March 2001
Genre Blues rock, hard rock
Length53:25
Label Sanctuary
Producer Gary Moore, Chris Tsangarides
Gary Moore chronology
A Different Beat
(1999)
Back to the Blues
(2001)
Best of the Blues
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Back to the Blues is the thirteenth solo studio album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in 2001. As implied by its title, it saw Moore return to the electric blues music with which he had found fame since 1990, after two more experimental albums. It was also Moore's first album to feature Darrin Mooney on drums; Mooney would go on to fill the drumming spot on Moore's next two studio albums, as well as his short-lived Scars project and several live albums.

Contents

The cover photograph is of Moore at Therapia Lane Tram Depot, Croydon. [3]

All tracks from this album were re-released on the multi-disc compilation, "Blues and Beyond" in 2017.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Moore, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Enough of the Blues" 4:47
2."You Upset Me Baby"Joseph Bihari, B.B. King, Jules Taub3:13
3."Cold Black Night" 4:18
4."Stormy Monday" T-Bone Walker 6:53
5."I Ain't Got You" Calvin Carter 2:53
6."Picture of the Moon" 7:14
7."Looking Back" Johnny "Guitar" Watson 2:19
8."The Prophet" 6:19
9."How Many Lies" 6:09
10."Drowning in Tears" 9:20

Personnel

Horns on track 2:

Brass arrangement by Gary Moore & Nick Payn

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References

  1. Horowitz, Hal. Back to the Blues at AllMusic
  2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 473. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  3. "Musical Maps". musicalmaps.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2021.