Gon' Boogaloo

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Gon' Boogaloo
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Studio album by
Released7 October 2014
StudioSound Recordings Studios
Genre Blues, rock and roll
Label King Hokum Records
Producer C.W. Stoneking
C. W. Stoneking chronology
Jungle Blues
(2008)
Gon' Boogaloo
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
SLUG MagazineFavorable [3]
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Independent Positive [6]

Gon' Boogaloo is the fifth album by Australian blues musician C. W. Stoneking. It was released in October 2014 and peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Charts.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, the album won Best Blues and Roots Album. [7]

At the AIR Awards of 2015, the album won Best Independent Blues and Roots Album. [8]

Track listing

  1. "How Long" – 3:14
  2. "The Zombie" – 3:53
  3. "Get On the Floor" – 3:47
  4. "The Thing I Done" – 3:20
  5. "Tomorrow Gon' Be Too Late" – 3:06
  6. "Mama Got the Blues" – 3:24
  7. "Goin' Back South" – 3:31
  8. "The Jungle Swing" – 3:16
  9. "Good Luck Charm" – 2:45
  10. "I'm the Jungle Man" – 3:00
  11. "On a Desert Isle" – 4:42
  12. "We Gon' Boogaloo" – 3:27

Charts

Chart performance for Gon' Boogaloo
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 85

References

  1. "Gon' Boogaloo by C.W. Stoneking Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  2. "C.W. Stoneking: Gon' Boogaloo". DownBeat. June 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  3. Orme, James (1 December 2016). "Review: C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo". SLUG Magazine. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  4. Bettinello, Enrico (12 November 2014). "C.W. Stoneking: Gon' Boogaloo". All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  5. McGuinness, Paul (10 August 2016). "Gon' Boogaloo – C.W. Stoneking". Record Collector. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  6. Gill, Andy (30 June 2016). "Album reviews: Blood Orange – Freetown Sound; Metronomy – Summer 08; C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo; and more". The Independent. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  7. "Aria Awards 2015: list of winners". The Guardian . 26 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  8. "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association . Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. "Australiancharts.com – C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  10. "Ultratop.be – C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 October 2022.