Blues of Desperation | ||||
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Released | March 25, 2016 | |||
Studio | Grand Victor Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) [1] | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Length | 61:41 [1] | |||
Label | J&R Records | |||
Producer | Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley | |||
Joe Bonamassa chronology | ||||
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Blues of Desperation is the twelfth studio album by American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on March 25, 2016 through J&R Records.
Blues of Desperation has been given a Metacritic score of 73 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews. [2]
The album debuted at No. 12 on Billboard 200, [3] No. 2 on Top Rock Albums, [4] and No. 1 on the Blues Albums chart, [5] selling 25,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 68,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016. [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Train" | Joe Bonamassa, James House | 4:20 |
2. | "Mountain Climbing" | Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge | 5:43 |
3. | "Drive" | Bonamassa, House | 5:47 |
4. | "No Good Place for the Lonely" | Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson | 8:38 |
5. | "Blues of Desperation" | Bonamassa, House | 6:27 |
6. | "The Valley Runs Low" | Bonamassa, House | 4:03 |
7. | "You Left Me Nothin' But the Bill and the Blues" | Bonamassa, House | 4:10 |
8. | "Distant Lonesome Train" | Bonamassa, Hambridge | 5:53 |
9. | "How Deep This River Runs" | Bonamassa, House | 6:30 |
10. | "Livin' Easy" | Bonamassa, Jeffrey Steele, Jerry Flowers | 4:37 |
11. | "What I've Known for a Very Long Time" | Bonamassa | 5:33 |
Total length: | 61:41 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Poland (ZPAV) [31] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |