| Love Comin' Down | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Studio | Bathouse | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 48:33 | |||
| Label | Shanachie | |||
| Producer | Colin Linden | |||
| Sue Foley chronology | ||||
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Love Comin' Down is an album by the Canadian musician Sue Foley, released in 2000. [1] [2] She supported it with a North American tour. [3] The album won a Maple Blues Award for recording of the year, as well as a Juno Award for best blues album. [4] [5]
Produced by Colin Linden, the album was recorded at Bathouse Recording Studio. [6] [7] Many of the songs were inspired by Foley's divorce. [8] Lucinda Williams contributed backing vocals to "Empty Cup". [9] "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')" is a cover of the song made famous by Barbara Lynn; Foley had toured with Lynn in the early 1990s. [8] "Same Thing" was written by Willie Dixon. [10] "You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree" is a cover of the Freddie King song. [11] "Mediterranean Breakfast" is an instrumental. [12]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| DownBeat |   [13] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [14] |
The Charleston Gazette wrote that "Foley's scratchy voice has a raw, sexy swagger tempered with traces of Nina Simone-style cool." [15] The Province said that Foley "coos, barks, howls and plain soars with a newfound vocal confidence while her guitar burns through every track." [16] The Vancouver Sun noted that, "while some blues-oriented artists ultimately decide to glaze their sound with a radio-friendly gloss, Foley's wailing vocals and sepia-tinged blues standards continue to kick dirt in the generic face of the mainstream." [17]
The Daily Gleaner concluded that Foley's "picking has never been better, and her singing has never been more convincing in its rare combination of tenderness and fury." [18] The New York Times called Love Comin' Down a "fine, swampy album". [19] The Hartford Courant stated that the songs "have a vintage, uncluttered feel—there are no fancy studio tricks, just solid musicianship". [20]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Two Trains" | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Empty Cup" | 4:46 |
| 3. | "Love Comin' Down" | 4:20 |
| 4. | "You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Same Thing" | 5:34 |
| 6. | "Let My Tears Fall Down" | 3:12 |
| 7. | "Let Me Drive" | 2:39 |
| 8. | "To Be Next to You" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Mediterranean Breakfast" | 4:29 |
| 10. | "Am I Worthy" | 2:52 |
| 11. | "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')" | 4:43 |
| 12. | "How Strong" | 3:50 |
| Total length: | 48:33 | |
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