How Blue Can You Get (album)

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How Blue Can You Get
How Blue Can You Get 2021.jpg
Studio album by
Released30 April 2021 [1]
Genre Blues, blues rock
Length44:14
Label Mascot Label Group, Provogue Records [1]
Producer
Gary Moore chronology
Bad for You Baby
(2008)
How Blue Can You Get
(2021)

How Blue Can You Get is a posthumous album by Northern Irish blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Gary Moore. The album contains four original tracks and four covers. [1]

Contents

Recording

"In My Dreams" and "Looking at Your Picture" are previously unreleased original tracks. "Steppin' Out" and "How Blue Can You Get" are previously unreleased cover songs. "Love Can Make a Fool of You" is an alternative version of a song that appeared on the 2002 reissue of Corridors of Power . [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Rocks  [ de ], in a positive review, praised Moore's guitar sound and style of playing. [6] Blues News said "I'm Tore Down" is the highlight of the album. The audio quality of the album was described as somewhat resembling that of a demo recording with "Looking at Your Picture" having the worst quality among the songs. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Tore Down" Sonny Thompson 6:10
2."Steppin' Out" Peter Chatman 3:18
3."In My Dreams"Gary Moore5:42
4."How Blue Can You Get" Leonard Feather 7:15
5."Looking at Your Picture"Gary Moore4:29
6."Love Can Make a Fool of You"Gary Moore6:23
7."Done Somebody Wrong" Elmore James, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis3:44
8."Living with the Blues"Gary Moore7:13

[2] [8]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "GARY MOORE: 'How Blue Can You Get' Collection Of Previously Unreleased Material To Be Made Available In April". Blabbermouth.net . 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Back cover". How Blue Can You Get. Provogue Records. 2021.
  3. "NEW GARY MOORE ALBUM - April 30th, 2021". Gary Moore - the Official Web Site. Orionstar Ltd. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. Fielder, Hugh (30 April 2021). "Gary Moore's unreleased blues find a home on How Blue Can You Get". Classic Rock . Future plc. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  5. Bonnet, Xavier (8 May 2021).  How Blue Can You Get », Gary Moore divise". Rolling Stone (in French). Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  6. Böhm, Daniel (14 April 2021). "Gary Moore: How Blue Can You Get". Rocks  [ de ] (in German). ROCKS Media Verlag e.K. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  7. Metelinen, Riku (1 June 2021). "Levyarvio: Gary Moore – How Blue Can You Get". Blues News (in Finnish). Finnish Blues Society ry. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  8. Lewry, Fraser (20 February 2021). "Unreleased Gary Moore songs compiled on How Blue Can You Get album". Classic Rock . Future plc. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2025.