Let Me Play with Your Poodle (album)

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Let Me Play With Your Poodle
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Released24 June 1997 (1997-06-24)
Genre Blues
Label Rounder
Producer Derek O'Brien, Marcia Ball, Mark Kazanoff [1]
Marcia Ball chronology
Blue House
(1994)
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
(1997)
Sing It!
(1998)
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Let Me Play With Your Poodle is a blues album by Marcia Ball. It was released on June 24, 1997 on Rounder Records. [2] [4] AllMusic noted: "This album of snaky swamp rock is one of Ball's best recordings". [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Marcia Ball except as noted.

  1. "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" (Hudson Whittaker) - 4:14
  2. "Why Women Cry" - 3:29
  3. "Crawfishin'" (Clarence Garlow, Leon Rene) - 2:53
  4. "How Big a Fool" (Speeks) - 3:55
  5. "The Right Tool for the Job" - 4:15
  6. "I'm Just a Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin')" (Eddie Harris, George Jackson) - 3:39
  7. "I Still Love You" (Eamonn Campbell) - 6:14
  8. "Can't Trust My Heart" (Delbert McClinton) - 3:30
  9. "The Story of My Life" - 3:59
  10. "Something I Can't Do" (Mike Duke) - 3:25
  11. "For the Love of a Man" - 5:29
  12. "American Dream" - 3:59
  13. "Louisiana 1927" (Randy Newman) - 5:13 [2]

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References

  1. "Let Me Play with Your Poodle - Marcia Ball | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Let Me Play with Your Poodle - Marcia Ball | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 21. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. "Let Me Play with Your Poodle - Marcia Ball | Releases | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 13, 2021.