Bourbonitis Blues

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Bourbonitis Blues
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 1999 (1999-05-04)
Genre Alternative rock, alternative country, chicano rock
Label Bloodshot
Producer Chris Stamey
Alejandro Escovedo chronology
More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-1996
(1998)
Bourbonitis Blues
(1999)
A Man Under the Influence
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [2]
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Pitchfork Media 6.1/10 [4]

Bourbonitis Blues is an album by the musician Alejandro Escovedo, released in 1999 on Bloodshot Records. [5] [6]

Contents

Production

The tracks were recorded in Austin and in North Carolina, with a few live recordings from a Chicago show. [7]

Critical reception

No Depression deemed the album "a modest effort: a mix of covers and fresh originals, studio tracks and live cuts, bound together with no apparent logic other than it’s all good, warm, current work." [8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo; except where indicated

  1. "I Was Drunk" (Live) – 4:53
  2. "Irene Wilde" (Ian Hunter) – 2:52
  3. "California Blues" (Live) (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:21
  4. "Guilty" – 4:54
  5. "Amsterdam" (John Cale) – 3:43
  6. "Everybody Loves Me" – 3:26
  7. "Pale Blue Eyes" (Live) (Lou Reed) – 6:15
  8. "Sacramento & Polk" (Live) – 4:44
  9. "Sex Beat" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce) – 4:09

Personnel

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