Down Two Then Left

Down Two Then Left
Studio album by Boz Scaggs
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
Silk Degrees (1976) Down Two Then Left (1977) Middle Man (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
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 having the first appearance of Steve Lukather on a Boz Scaggs album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Boz Scaggs, with additional contributors noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Still Falling for You"		3:54
2.	"Hard Times"		4:30
3.	"A Clue"		3:58
4.	"Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man"	Jai Winding	3:54
5.	"We're Waiting"	Michael 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.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1977–78) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [6] 4 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] 19 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 19 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 2 UK Albums (OCC) [10] 55 US Billboard 200 [11] 11

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [12] 13 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) [13] 100 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 15 US Billboard 200 [15] 88

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [16]	2× Platinum	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

• Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
• Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
• Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
• Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
• Jay Graydon – guitars, guitar solo (7)
• David Hungate – bass (1)
• Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
• Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
• Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
• Alan Estes – congas (4)
• Don Menza – saxophones
• Fred Selden – saxophones, flute
• Ernie Watts – saxophones
• Dana Hughes – trombone
• Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Barbara Korn – French horn
• David Duke – French horn
• Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
• Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5-7), voices (verses, 4)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
• John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
• Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
• Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
• Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
• Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (3, 7)
• Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
• Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
• Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
• Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
• Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
• Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Producer – Joe Wissert
• Engineer – Tom Perry
• Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
• Design – Nancy Donald
• Photography – Guy Bourdin (features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant) ^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}

References

1. Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   978-0-89919-026-6 . Retrieved March 12, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.
4. "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 298, no. 4. 30 November 1977. p. 58. ProQuest   1401321975.
5. "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN   978-0-646-11917-5.
7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5465a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
9. "Charts.nz – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
11. "Boz Scaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
12. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN   978-0-646-11917-5.
13. "Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
14. "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 25 January 2022.
15. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1978". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
16. "Cash Box Newspaper". Cash Box . March 25, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved November 13, 2021– via World Radio History.
17. "Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 October 2010.
18. Egan, Bob. "DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia)". PopSpotsNYC. Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2021. . . . 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
19. Turnbull, Martin (November 17, 2012). "Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
20. Turnbull, Martin. "Spotlight on…Romanoff's". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
21. "romanoffs-beverly-hills". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
22. "legendary bevelry hills restaurant romanoffs". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
23. "1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Sessiondays. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

External links

• Down Two Then Left lyrics
• Down Two Then Left magazine ad