| Burning Hell | ||||
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | April 20, 1959 | |||
| Studio | United Sound Systems, Detroit, Michigan | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 43:00 | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
| Producer | Bill Grauer | |||
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Burning Hell is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker that was recorded in Detroit in 1959 at the same sessions that produced The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker , but not released by the Riverside label until 1964 in Europe. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues | [3] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
| Record Mirror | [6] |
AllMusic reviewer Richie Unterberger stated: "Burning Hell ranks among John Lee Hooker's most edgy and focused performances. A companion piece to The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker , it finds Hooker singing country-blues, accompanied only by his own acoustic guitar –something he rarely did after traveling north from the Mississippi Delta ... Hooker shows himself to be an excellent interpreter who could have held his own with Delta bluesmen of any era. Although his guitar playing is pretty raw even by blues standards, Hooker more than compensates with his powerful, resonant voice". [2]
All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker except where noted
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