Jealous (album)

Jealous
Studio album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1986 (1986)
Recorded	1982
Studio	Blue Wave Recorders, Vancouver, Canada Dragon Studio, Redwood City, California
Genre	Blues
Length	37:24
Label	Pausa
Producer	John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker chronology
Sittin' Here Thinkin' (1979) Jealous (1986) The Healer (1989)

Jealous is an album by the blues musician John Lee Hooker. Produced by Hooker, it was recorded in 1982 but was not released until 1986, when it was issued by Pausa Records. The album won a W.C. Handy Award and was nominated for a Grammy Award. ^[1] The album was reissued on CD in 1996 by Point Blank Records.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]
PopMatters	[4]

AllMusic reviewer Thom Owens stated: "While Jealous is propelled by the scarily spare stomp of Hook's guitar, it has few standout moments. Instead, it is a consistent record, with few highs or lows –it's a standard contemporary blues album, without many peaks or valleys. Jealous may be a grittier record than its successor, The Healer, but it tends to fade into the background, making it one of his more undistinguished albums". ^[2]

PopMatters' Zeth Lundy wrote: "Jealous was recorded with Hooker's touring band at the time, but any sparks of chemistry are doused by the thin, lifeless sound of synthetically-rendered instrumentation ... the recordings themselves are devoid of warmth and pulse, or even the gritty realism of his earlier, seminal work. Here, things are polished to a sheen that's not so much nauseating as it is dull". ^[4]

Track listing

All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker except where noted.

1. "Jealous" – 3:28
2. "Ninety Days" – 3:24
3. "Early One Morning" – 4:02
4. "When My First Wife Left Me" – 4:31
5. "Boogie Woman" – 4:27
6. "Well Well" – 4:47
7. "I Didn't Know" (Chester Burnett) – 3:00
8. "We'll Meet Again" (Deacon Jones, Gregory Fowler) – 3:58
9. "Worried Life Blues" (Maceo Merriweather) – 2:27
10. "Ninety Days (Reprise)" – 3:20

Personnel

• John Lee Hooker – guitar, vocals
• Mike Osborn (tracks 1-7, 9 & 10), Bruce Kaphan (track 8), Jamie Bowers (track 2) – guitar
• Deacon Jones – Hammond organ
• Robbie King – keyboards (track 2)
• Larry Hamilton (tracks 1-7, 9 & 10), Jim Guyett (track 8) – bass
• Tim Richards (tracks 1-7, 9 & 10), Bowen Brown (track 8) – drums
• Alison Hogan – backing vocals (track 2)
• Ian Berry – horn arrangement (track 1)

References

1. "Jealous". Johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
2. Owens, Thom. John Lee Hooker: Jealous – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 31, 2019.
3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 274. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
4. Lundy, E. "Jealous – Review". Popmatters.com . Retrieved September 30, 2019.