| Living in the Danger Zone | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Alligator Records | |||
| Producer | Son Seals, Bruce Iglauer | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Calgary Herald | B+ [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Living in the Danger Zone is a studio album by the blues musician Son Seals, released via Alligator Records in 1991. [6] [7]
The album was produced by Seals and Bruce Iglauer. [8] It was made using Seals regulars and studio musicians, and marked a reconciliation between Seals and Iglauer. [9]
The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "emphasizes uptempo funky blues, with the occasional classic Chicago shuffle and mid-tempo, minor-key tune for variety." [9] The Washington Post called the album "impressive," writing that Seals "powerfully recites a litany of sorrows against a backdrop of jackhammer drums, organ and occasional horns, playing blistering guitar lines to express what the lyrics can't." [10] The New York Times wrote that "Seals tears into ... the losing-streak lament 'I Can't Lose the Blues' and 'Tell It to Another Fool', a bitter declaration of independence from heartache, with convincing autobiographical zeal, singing with gruff exuberance and unleashing steely outbursts of impassioned, stabbing guitar." [11]
AllMusic wrote that "the self-pitying ballad closer 'My Life' is the worst thing Seals has ever put on tape for Alligator." [1]
Frank "Son" Seals was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.
Alligator Records is an American, Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971. Iglauer was also one of the founders of the Living Blues magazine in Chicago in 1970.
Lonnie Brooks was an American blues singer and guitarist. The musicologist Robert Palmer, writing in Rolling Stone, stated, "His music is witty, soulful and ferociously energetic, brimming with novel harmonic turnarounds, committed vocals and simply astonishing guitar work." Jon Pareles, a music critic for the New York Times, wrote, "He sings in a rowdy baritone, sliding and rasping in songs that celebrate lust, fulfilled and unfulfilled; his guitar solos are pointed and unhurried, with a tone that slices cleanly across the beat. Wearing a cowboy hat, he looks like the embodiment of a good-time bluesman." Howard Reich, a music critic for the Chicago Tribune, wrote, "...the music that thundered from Brooks' instrument and voice...shook the room. His sound was so huge and delivery so ferocious as to make everything alongside him seem a little smaller."
Bruce Iglauer is an American businessman and record producer who founded Alligator Records as an independent record label featuring blues music.
Alone & Acoustic is an album by the blues musicians Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, released in 1991. It was recorded in 1981, in Paris, France, while the two were touring.
Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers is the 1971 debut album of Hound Dog Taylor.
The Son Seals Blues Band is the debut album by Son Seals, released by Alligator Records in 1973. It was produced by Son Seals and Bruce Iglauer, and was reissued on CD in 1993.
Midnight Son is the second studio album by Son Seals, released by Alligator Records in 1976. It was produced by Son Seals, Bruce Iglauer, and Richard McLeese.
Live and Burning is a live album by the blues musician Son Seals, released through Alligator Records in 1978.
Chicago Fire is a studio album by the blues musician Son Seals, released by Alligator Records in 1980.
Bad Axe is a studio album by Son Seals, released through Alligator Records in 1984. It won the 1985 W.C. Handy Award for best contemporary blues album.
Nothing but the Truth is the sixth studio album by Son Seals, produced by Seals and Bruce Iglauer and released by Alligator Records in 1994. Seals wrote only four songs: "Life Is Hard", "I'm Gonna Take It All Back", "Frank and Johnnie", and "Little Sally Walker". The rest of the album consists of cover songs, including Hound Dog Taylor's "Sadie". John Randolph played rhythm guitar; Red Groetzinger and Dan Rabinovitz, horns; Noel Neal and Johnny B. Gayden, bass; David Russell, drums.
Live – Spontaneous Combustion was the second live album released by Son Seals. It was recorded June 20–22, 1996 at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Son Seals and Bruce Iglauer.
Deluxe Edition is a 2002 compilation album of recordings by Son Seals for Alligator Records. It was produced by Seals and Bruce Iglauer, except as noted.
Natural Boogie is the second studio album released by Hound Dog Taylor and his band the HouseRockers. Released on Alligator Records in 1974, it was the follow-up to their 1971 debut album Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers.
Serious Business is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was released in 1985 on vinyl and CD by Alligator Records.
In the Shadow of the City is an album by the American musician Maurice John Vaughn, released in 1993. Vaughn supported the album with a North American tour. "(Everything I Do) Got to Be Funky", which was a minor, regional radio hit, appears on the soundtrack to Major League II.
Eldorado Cadillac is an album by the American musician Billy Boy Arnold, released in 1995. It was the second album of his 1990s comeback. Arnold considered his two Alligator Records albums to be the best of his career. The album won a National Association of Independent Record Distributors award for best blues album.
Heads Up! is an album by the American musician Lil' Ed Williams, released in 2002. It was his fifth album for Alligator Records. He is credited with his band, the Blues Imperials. Williams supported the album with North American, European, and Asian tours. Heads Up! debuted at No. 14 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart.
No Foolin'! is an album by the American musician Katie Webster, released in 1991. It was her third album for Alligator Records, and her final studio album before her stroke. Webster supported the album with a North American tour.
