Goin' Platinum!

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Goin' Platinum!
Robert Finley - Goin' Platinum!.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)
StudioEasy Eye Sound, Nashville, Tennessee, US
Genre Soul blues [1]
Length31:35
LanguageEnglish
Label Easy Eye Sound
Producer Dan Auerbach
Robert Finley chronology
Age Don't Mean a Thing
(2016)
Goin' Platinum!
(2017)
Sharecropper's Son
(2021)

Goin' Platinum! is a 2017 studio album by American blues musician Robert Finley. The release is Finley's first of several collaborations with Dan Auerbach and has received positive reviews from critics.

Contents

Reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Goin' Platinum! received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 from 7 critic scores. [2] In Evening Standard , editors included this among the best albums of the week and critic Rick Pearson rated it 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "another masterclass in rhythm and blues". [3] Dave Simpson of The Guardian rated Goin' Platinum! 3 out of 5 stars, calling the music "retro-modern" that is "steeped in blues and soul and a lot of fun" and finished by writing that "the big-hearted Louisiana man certainly deserves his chance" to go platinum. [1] Andy Gill of The Independent scored this work 4 out of 5 stars, crediting Dan Auerbach with getting "a top session crew to create the crisp, punchy funk, loping boogies and brooding soul-blues grooves capable of bringing out the full extent of Finley’s talents". [4] Kitty Empire of The Observer gave this album 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a lush, teak-panelled Nashville soul record". [5] In Record Collector , Lois Wilson gave this album 4 out of 5 stars for elevating Finley's work from his debut album, comparing this music to Solomon Burke, Syl Johnson, and Al Green. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Get It While You Can" (Dan Auerbach, Pat McLaughlin, and John Prine) – 2:35
  2. "Medicine Woman" (Auerbach, Roger Cook, and Bobby Wood) – 2:37
  3. "If You Forget My Love" (Auerbach, David Ferguson, and McLaughlin) – 3:42
  4. "Three Jumpers" (Auerbach) – 3:14
  5. "Honey, Let Me Stay the Night" (Auerbach and McLaughlin) – 3:30
  6. "You Don’t Have to Do Right" (Auerbach, Ferguson, and McLaughlin) – 3:18
  7. "Complications" (Auerbach, Cook, and Wood) – 2:55
  8. "Real Love Is Like Hard Time" (Auerbach and Nick Lowe) – 3:34
  9. "Empty Arms" (Auerbach) – 2:47
  10. "Holy Wine" (Auerbach, Ferguson, and McLaughlin) – 3:29

Personnel

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