Born to Play Guitar

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Born to Play Guitar
Born To Play Guitar cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 31, 2015
Genre Blues
Length59:10
Label RCA Records
Producer Tom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Rhythm & Blues
(2013)
Born to Play Guitar
(2015)
The Blues Is Alive and Well
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Born to Play Guitar is the 17th studio album by American blues musician Buddy Guy, released in 2015. [4] It peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard 200 and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart on August 22, 2015. [5]

Contents

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album in 2016. [6] [7]

Musicians

Guest Musicians

Personnel

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Born to Play Guitar"Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge 4:56
2."Wear You Out" (featuring Billy Gibbons)Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson 3:30
3."Back Up Mama"Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge4:42
4."Too Late" (featuring Kim Wilson)Charles Brown, Willie Dixon, John Phillips2:46
5."Whiskey, Beer & Wine"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge4:30
6."Kiss Me Quick" (featuring Kim Wilson)Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge2:55
7."Crying Out of One Eye"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge4:01
8."(Baby) You Got What It Takes" (featuring Joss Stone) Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Murray Stein3:17
9."Turn Me Wild"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge4:36
10."Crazy World"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson5:15
11."Smarter Than I Was"Tom Hambridge5:27
12."Thick Like Mississippi Mud"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge4:03
13."Flesh & Bone (Dedicated to B.B. King)" (featuring Van Morrison)Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:01
14."Come Back Muddy"Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge5:11

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 84
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 37
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 104
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 78
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 13
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 100
US Billboard 200 [16] 60
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [17] 1
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard) [18] 8

References

  1. "Born to Play Guitar by Buddy Guy Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  2. Born to Play Guitar at AllMusic
  3. Stubbs, David (August 12, 2015). "Buddy Guy: Born to Play Guitar". Classic Rock . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Fricke, David (July 31, 2015). "Born to Play Guitar". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  5. "Buddy Guy chart history". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  6. Steffen, Chris. "2016 Grammy Winners, With AllMusic Reviews". AllMusic . Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  7. "Jon Cleary, Buddy Guy win at Grammys". NOLA.com. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  8. "Australiancharts.com – Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar". Hung Medien.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar" (in French). Hung Medien.
  11. "Lescharts.com – Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar". Hung Medien.
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Buddy Guy – Born to Play Guitar". Hung Medien.
  15. "Buddy Guy | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  16. "Buddy Guy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  17. "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard.
  18. "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.