Blues on the Bayou

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Blues on the Bayou
Blues on the Bayou cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 1998 [1]
Recorded1998 at Dockside Studio, Maurice, Louisiana [1]
Genre Blues, R&B, soul
Length64:13
Label MCA Records
Producer B.B. King
B.B. King chronology
Best of King
(1997)
Blues on the Bayou
(1998)
Live in Japan
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Blues on the Bayou is the thirty sixth studio album by B.B. King, released in 1998. [1]

Contents

In the CD liner notes, B.B. King writes: "Of the many records Lucille and I have had the pleasure of recording over the years, this one is especially close to my heart. It's also one of the most relaxed and, for me, satisfying [...] No one was telling us what to do. No one needed to tell us what to do." He adds that he considers the band playing on this album as his best ever and that he got to the studio with the idea of keeping the music simple ("I've felt the urge to go back to basics."). With this state of mind, the record was cut in four days: "Found some old B. B. King songs. Wrote some new ones. [...] All live, all real. No overdubs, no high-tech tricks. Just basic blues."

The album won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Track listing

All tracks composed by B.B. King; except where indicated

  1. "Blues Boys Tune" - 3:25
  2. "Bad Case of Love" - 5:28
  3. "I'll Survive" - 4:53 (B.B. King, Saul Samuel Bihari )
  4. "Mean Ole' World" - 4:29
  5. "Blues Man" - 5:20
  6. "Broken Promise" - 3:34 (B.B. King, Saul Samuel Bihari )
  7. "Darlin' What Happened"(B.B. King, Saul Samuel Bihari ) - 5:26
  8. "Shake It Up and Go" (B.B. King, Jules Taub) - 3:10
  9. "Blues We Like" - 5:08
  10. "Good Man Gone Bad" (B.B. King, Jules Taub, Ferdinand Washington)- 3:20
  11. "If I Lost You" (B.B. King, Jules Taub) - 4:57
  12. "Tell Me Baby" (B.B. King, Saul Samuel Bihari ) - 3:26
  13. "I Got Some Outside Help I Don't Need" (B.B. King, David Clark) - 4:37
  14. "Blues in G" - 3:28
  15. "If That Ain't It I Quit" - 3:20 [1]

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 93
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 93
UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [6] 1
US Blues Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 2
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard ) [7] 186

Personnel

Recorded at Dockside Studio, Maurice, Louisiana; Mixed at Sound Castle, Los Angeles, California; Mastered at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, California

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