Down Two Then Left | ||||
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Released | November 1977 | |||
Studio | Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul | |||
Length | 43:02 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Joe Wissert | |||
Boz Scaggs chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Variety | (favourable) [4] |
Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200. [5] This album is notable for featuring the first studio work done by Steve Lukather.
All tracks are written by Boz Scaggs, with additional contributors noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Still Falling for You" | 3:54 | |
2. | "Hard Times" | 4:30 | |
3. | "A Clue" | 3:58 | |
4. | "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" | Winding | 3:54 |
5. | "We're Waiting" | Omartian | 6:24 |
6. | "Hollywood" | Omartian | 3:10 |
7. | "Then She Walked Away" | Omartian | 4:06 |
8. | "Gimme the Goods" | Omartian | 4:15 |
9. | "1993" | Omartian | 4:05 |
10. | "Tomorrow Never Came" | Omartian | 4:41 |
Total length: | 43:02 |
Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [15] | 2× Platinum | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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. . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com