Double Time (Leon Redbone album)

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Double Time
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Studio album by
Released1977
StudioRegent Sound Studios, NYC and Village Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre Ragtime
Length34:43
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Joel Dorn
Leon Redbone chronology
On the Track
(1975)
Double Time
(1977)
Champagne Charlie
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B− [2]

Double Time is the second studio album by singer/guitarist Leon Redbone, released in 1977. [3] It peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard pop albums chart. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Diddy Wa Diddie" (Blind Blake) – 3:05
  2. "Nobody's Sweetheart" (Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel) – 2:13
  3. "Shine On Harvest Moon" (Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth) – 3:21
  4. "Crazy Blues" (trad. arr. Perry Bradford) – 4:16
  5. "Mississippi Delta Blues" (Jack Neville, Jimmie Rodgers) – 1:44

Side two

  1. "Mr. Jelly Roll Baker" (Traditional) – 3:43
  2. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton, Maybelle Watson) – 3:10
  3. "The Sheik of Araby" (Harry Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler) – 2:31
  4. "Mississippi River Blues" (Rodgers) – 3:05
  5. "Winin' Boy Blues" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 4:17
  6. "If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven" (Albert E. Brumley) – 3:18

Personnel

Musicians

Source: [5]

Technical

  • Joel Dornproducer
  • Hal Willner – associate producer
  • Bob Liftin – recording and remix engineer
  • Vince McGarry – additional recording and mastering engineer
  • Neil Brody – additional recording engineer
  • Benno Friedman – backliner photo
  • Michael Horen and Leon Redbone – cover art

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 38

References

  1. Double Time at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. McGrath, Paul (December 28, 1977). "The Music Hits the Earth". The Globe and Mail. p. F3.
  4. 1 2 "Leon Redbone Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  5. Double Time, Warner Bros.: K56301, 1977 - sleeve notes