| Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Pausa [1] | |||
| Producer | Willie Dixon | |||
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Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane is an album by the American blues musician Willie Dixon, released in 1984. [2] [3] Dixon supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
The album was recorded in California, with most of it finished by 1982. [5] [6] Dixon is backed by his Chicago All-Stars. [7] Typical of Dixon's writing, the album addresses topical issues such as religious dogma ("Pie in the Sky") and nuclear war ("It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace"). [8] Dixon called the latter song his favorite of all the ones that he had written. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [11] |
| Quad-City Times | B− [12] |
The Globe and Mail wrote that "the music, with the honky-tonk flourishes of piano player Lafayette Leak, and the solemn wail of harmonica player Billy Branch, is consistently engaging." [8] The Quad-City Times determined that the album "lacks the reckless spontaneity of his better groups." [12]
AllMusic deemed it a "decent modern album by the prolific legend." [10]
Soon after the album's release, Tina Turner added a cover version of the title track to her live set. [8] "Flamin' Mamie" was covered by Koko Taylor on Queen of the Blues , released in 1985. [13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Earthquake and Hurricane" | |
| 2. | "It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" | |
| 3. | "After Five Long Years" | |
| 4. | "Everything's Got a Time" | |
| 5. | "Wigglin' Worm" | |
| 6. | "Flamin' Mamie" | |
| 7. | "Grave Digger Blues" | |
| 8. | "Pie in the Sky" |
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