Long Time Coming (Jonny Lang album)

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Long Time Coming
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2003
Recorded2003
Genre Blue-eyed soul, R&B, Christian rock
Length57:00
Label A&M Records [1]
Jonny Lang chronology
Wander This World
(1998)
Long Time Coming
(2003)
Turn Around
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Long Time Coming is a studio album by Jonny Lang. [5] [6] It was recorded at MF Studio and The Attic, Monrovia, California, and released on October 14, 2003, when he was 22. The album had been a "long time coming," with five years passing since the release of Wander This World .

Contents

Lang incorporated more R&B influences into his overall musical style, without neglecting his love for the blues. The album has more rock-elements compared to his previous work, and features one ballad with beat and arrangement comparable to modern R&B/Pop ("Touch"). One of the songs is a cover of Edgar Winter's "Dying to Live." The album also features Aerosmith's Steven Tyler on "Happiness and Misery," where he plays the harmonica.

The album peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200 album chart. [7]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "a major disappointment and setback for a once promising musician." [2] Entertainment Weekly called it "slick, entirely unmemorable middle-of-the-road rock." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Give Me Up Again"
  2. "Red Light"
  3. "Get What You Give"
  4. "One I got"
  5. "Touch"
  6. "Beautiful One"
  7. "If We Try"
  8. "Goodbye Letter"
  9. "Save Yourself"
  10. "To Love Again"
  11. "Happiness And Misery"
  12. "Hide Your Love"
  13. "Dying To Live"
  14. "Long Time Coming"
  15. "Livin' for the City (Live)"

Personnel

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References

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