Different Shades of Blue

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Different Shades of Blue
Joe Bonamassa Different Shades of Blue album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2014
Studio
Genre Blues rock
Length48:19
Label J&R Records
Producer Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Seesaw
(2013)
Different Shades of Blue
(2014)
Blues of Desperation
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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.

Contents

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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 Flowers3:48
4."Living on the Moon"Bonamassa, House3:21
5."Heartache Follows Wherever I Go"Bonamassa, House4:33
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, House4:39
9."Get Back My Tomorrow"Bonamassa, Flowers, Steele4:46
10."Trouble Town"Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson 4:56
11."So, What Would I Do"Bonamassa5:26
12."Scarlet Town (Best Buy Exclusive)" Bob Dylan 7:57
13."Better The Devil You Know (Best Buy Exclusive)"Bonamassa4:41
14."Black Irish Eyes (Best Buy Exclusive)"Bonamassa4:33

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
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

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [26] Gold10,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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