Memphis (Boz Scaggs album)

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Memphis
Boz Scaggs Memphis.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 5, 2013
Recorded2012
Studio Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre Blues, rock, rhythm and blues
Length47:30 (standard edition)
Label 429 Records
Producer Steve Jordan
Boz Scaggs chronology
Speak Low
(2008)
Memphis
(2013)
The Essential Boz Scaggs
(2013)

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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]

Track listing

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.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Gone Baby Gone" Boz Scaggs Initial release3:36
2."So Good to be Here"Michael Allen, Al Green Al Green3:15
3."Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" Willy DeVille Mink DeVille 3:44
4."Rainy Night in Georgia" Tony Joe White Tony Joe White4:34
5."Love on a Two Way Street"BB Keys, Sylvia Robinson Lezli Valentine3:36
6."Pearl of the Quarter" Walter Becker, Donald Fagen Steely Dan 3:28
7."Cadillac Walk" Moon Martin Moon Martin4:27
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 WalrothInitial release3:24
11."You Got Me Cryin'" Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed Jimmy Reed4:55
12."Sunny Gone"Boz ScaggsInitial release4:32
Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Cadillac Walk" (Demo)Moon MartinMoon Martin 
2."I ain't Got You" (Demo) Calvin Carter Billy Boy Arnold  
3."Dry Spell" (Demo)Jack WalrothInitial release 
4."Educated Fool" (Demo)Jack WalrothInitial release 
5."Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" (Demo)Willy DeVilleMink DeVille 
6."It Takes a Lot to Laugh" (Demo) Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 

Personnel

Production

  • Steve Jordan – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Niko Bolas – engineer, mixing
  • Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell – additional recording
  • Michael Rodriguez – additional recording
  • Chris Taberez – additional recording, Pro Tools engineer
  • Artie Smith – technician
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – additional mastering
  • David Alan Kogut – art direction
  • Deborah Feingold – photography
  • Matt McGinley – photography assistant
  • Joel Hoffner – management
  • Ken Levitan – management
  • Jack Rovner – management
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References

  1. Baltin, Steve (January 14, 2013). "Boz Scaggs to Release First New Album in Five Years in March". Rolling Stone. New York City: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. "Boz Scaggs' "MEMPHIS" Debuts In Billboard Top 20!". PR Newswire.
  3. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Memphis review allmusic.com. Retrieved on May 14, 2014.
  5. "Memphis [B&N Exclusive] by Boz Scaggs". Barnes & Noble. March 5, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2014.