Memphis | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 5, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Studio | Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Blues, rock, rhythm and blues | |||
Length | 47:30 (standard edition) | |||
Label | 429 Records | |||
Producer | Steve Jordan | |||
Boz Scaggs chronology | ||||
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Memphis is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Boz Scaggs. It was Scaggs's first solo release since 2008's Speak Low. The album was released on March 5, 2013, by 429 Records. [1] The album has debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 17, [2] and has sold 90,000 copies in the US as of March 2015. [3]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album a positive review with 4 of 5 stars, describing the record as "a stunner. Scaggs is in full possession of that iconic voice; he delivers songs with an endemic empathy and intimacy that make them sound like living, breathing stories." [4]
Most of the songs on the album were previously released by other singers.
A two-disc version of the album was released for exclusive distribution by Barnes & Noble in the United States. [5] The second disc contains six demos, three of which were recorded as fully produced versions for the final release of the album and three of which were not.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "Gone Baby Gone" | Boz Scaggs | Initial release | 3:36 |
2. | "So Good to be Here" | Michael Allen, Al Green | Al Green | 3:15 |
3. | "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" | Willy DeVille | Mink DeVille | 3:44 |
4. | "Rainy Night in Georgia" | Tony Joe White | Tony Joe White | 4:34 |
5. | "Love on a Two Way Street" | BB Keys, Sylvia Robinson | Lezli Valentine | 3:36 |
6. | "Pearl of the Quarter" | Walter Becker, Donald Fagen | Steely Dan | 3:28 |
7. | "Cadillac Walk" | Moon Martin | Moon Martin | 4:27 |
8. | "Corrina, Corrina" | Traditional | Bo Carter | 3:45 |
9. | "Can I Change My Mind" | Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk | Tyrone Davis | 4:19 |
10. | "Dry Spell" | Jack Walroth | Initial release | 3:24 |
11. | "You Got Me Cryin'" | Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed | Jimmy Reed | 4:55 |
12. | "Sunny Gone" | Boz Scaggs | Initial release | 4:32 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "Cadillac Walk" (Demo) | Moon Martin | Moon Martin | |
2. | "I ain't Got You" (Demo) | Calvin Carter | Billy Boy Arnold | |
3. | "Dry Spell" (Demo) | Jack Walroth | Initial release | |
4. | "Educated Fool" (Demo) | Jack Walroth | Initial release | |
5. | "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" (Demo) | Willy DeVille | Mink DeVille | |
6. | "It Takes a Lot to Laugh" (Demo) | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan |
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