Different Shades of Blue | ||||
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Released | September 22, 2014 | |||
Recorded | at The Palms, Las Vegas; NV and The Cave, CA | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Length | 48:19 | |||
Label | J&R Records | |||
Producer | Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley | |||
Joe Bonamassa chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PopMatters | (8/10) [2] |
Different Shades of Blue is the eleventh studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on September 22, 2014.
The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, which makes this Bonamassa's highest charting album, and his first top 10 on the chart. [3] It was ranked No. 3 on Billboard's Year End Blues Album Chart of 2015. [4] It has sold 96,000 copies in the United States as of February 2016. [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" | Jimi Hendrix | 1:19 |
2. | "Oh Beautiful!" | Bonamassa, James House | 5:28 |
3. | "Love Ain't a Love Song" | Bonamassa, Jerry Flowers | 3:48 |
4. | "Living on the Moon" | Bonamassa, House | 3:21 |
5. | "Heartache Follows Wherever I Go" | Bonamassa, House | 4:33 |
6. | "Never Give All Your Heart" | Bonamassa, Jonathan Cain | 5:24 |
7. | "I Gave Up Everything for You, 'Cept the Blues" | Bonamassa, Flowers, Jeffrey Steele | 4:39 |
8. | "Different Shades of Blue" | Bonamassa, House | 4:39 |
9. | "Get Back My Tomorrow" | Bonamassa, Flowers, Steele | 4:46 |
10. | "Trouble Town" | Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson | 4:56 |
11. | "So, What Would I Do" | Bonamassa | 5:26 |
12. | "Scarlet Town (Best Buy Exclusive)" | Bob Dylan | 7:57 |
13. | "Better The Devil You Know (Best Buy Exclusive)" | Bonamassa | 4:41 |
14. | "Black Irish Eyes (Best Buy Exclusive)" | Bonamassa | 4:33 |
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Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] | 8 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] | 22 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] | 19 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [9] | 15 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [10] | 12 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [11] | 11 |
French Albums (SNEP) [12] | 27 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] | 3 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [14] | 63 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] | 10 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [16] | 18 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [17] | 9 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] | 22 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] | 5 |
UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 9 |
US Billboard 200 [21] | 8 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [22] | 1 |
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [23] | 1 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [24] | 3 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [25] | 8 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Poland (ZPAV) [26] | Gold | 10,000![]() |
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