Champagne & Grits

Champagne & Grits
Studio album by Little Axe
Released	September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)
Recorded	On-U Sound Studios, London, England and Treehouse, Mansfield, CT
Genre	Blues dub
Length	53:23
Label	Real World/Virgin
Producer	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood
Little Axe chronology
Slow Fuse (2002) Champagne & Grits (2004) Stone Cold Ohio (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Down Beat	[2]

Champagne & Grits is the fourth album by Little Axe, released on September 21, 2004 by Real World Records and Virgin Records. ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Grinning in Your Face"	Son House, Skip McDonald	3:57
2.	"Finger on the Trigger"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Mark Stewart	5:09
3.	"Mean Things"	Skip McDonald, Mark Stewart	6:17
4.	"The Way I See It"	Skip McDonald	0:37
5.	"Walk on Water"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	4:49
6.	"Go Away Devil"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	4:43
7.	"Say My Name"	Skip McDonald, Shara Nelson	4:44
8.	"Take Me Back to the Country"	Skip McDonald	1:00
9.	"All in the Same Boat"	Chris Difford, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	4:10
10.	"Living and Sleeping in a Dangerous Time"	Skip McDonald, Mark Stewart	5:44
11.	"Will I Ever Get Back Home Again?"	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood	4:21
12.	"Cloud"	Skip McDonald, P. K. CLoud	3:10
13.	"Sinners"	Justin Hinds, Huddie Ledbetter, Skip McDonald	4:42

Personnel

Musicians Clubfoot – guitar (7) Chris Difford  – vocals (9) Bernard Fowler  – vocals (1, 10, 11) Dave Foster – harmonica (3) Ghetto Priest – vocals (3, 13) Alan Glen  – harmonica (2, 6, 11) Dorie Jackson – backing vocals (9) Junior Delgado  – vocals (6, 13) Keith LeBlanc  – drums (1–3, 5, 6, 11) Skip McDonald  – vocals, guitar, producer Shara Nelson  – vocals (7) Bernard O'Neill – double bass (13) Prithpal Rajput – tabla (5, 10) Denise Sherwood – backing vocals (9) Doug Wimbish  – bass guitar (1–3, 5, 6, 9)

Technical personnel Nick Coplowe – programming, engineering Adrian Sherwood  – producer, mixing Chris Weinland – programming, engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2004	Real World/Virgin	CD	7243 5 76746 2 1
Europe	2004	Real World	CD	708766 18877 2 3

References

1. Westergaard, Sean. "Champagne & Grits". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
2. columnist (2004). "Little Axe – Champagne & Grits". Down Beat : 83.
3. "Skip Mcdonald: Discography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
4. Parker, David (2001). "Album: Little Axe – 'Champagne & Grits'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

External links

• Champagne & Grits at Discogs (list of releases)