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 Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [18] 8

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