Never Been Rocked Enough

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Never Been Rocked Enough
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Studio album by
Delbert McClinton
Released1992
Genre Roots rock
Length40:17
Label Curb [1]
Producer Delbert McClinton, Jim Horn, Don Was, Bonnie Raitt
Delbert McClinton chronology
Best of Delbert McClinton
(1991)		Never Been Rocked Enough
(1992)		Feelin' Alright
(1993)

Never Been Rocked Enough is a studio album by the American musician Delbert McClinton. [2] [3] It was released in 1992 by Curb Records. [4] The first single was "Every Time I Roll the Dice". [5] McClinton supported the album with a North American tour. [6]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by McClinton, Jim Horn, Don Was, and Bonnie Raitt; the two recording sessions took about a week and a half. [7] [8] Tom Petty and Melissa Etheridge provided backing vocals. [9] "Have a Little Faith in Me" is a cover of the John Hiatt song. [10] McClinton considered Never Been Rocked Enough to be his most radio-friendly album. [11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Calgary Herald A− [13]
Windsor Star B [14]

The Calgary Herald concluded that "this isn't so much a sentimentalization of McClinton's brand of bar music, as its apotheosis." [13] The Boston Globe determined that the album "captures his rough-edged, yet somehow polished, roadhouse sound." [15]

The Windsor Star panned "the slick session musicians like the World's Most Dangerous Band." [14] The Ottawa Citizen stated that "the album doesn't blow you away with volume or flash, but wins you over with its roots rockin' integrity and deep-brewed flavors of the southern U.S." [16]

In a review for AllMusic, Roch Parisien wrote: "The results cover the whole checkerboard while remaining vintage McClinton: his harp wails on 'Everytime I Roll the Dice'; 'Can I Change My Mind' flirts with Motown soul; 'Blues as Blues Can Get' defines the confessional blues ballad." [12]

Chart performance

In the US, Never Been Rocked Enough peaked at number 118 on the Billboard 200 in July 18, 1992. [17]

Track listing

Never Been Rocked Enough track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Every Time I Roll the Dice"
4:28
2."I Used to Worry" (featuring Francine Reed) Tony Arata 2:53
3."Miss You Fever"
4:06
4."Why Me?"
3:17
5."Have a Little Faith in Me" John Hiatt 4:12
6."Never Been Rocked Enough"
  • McClinton
  • Seals
3:33
7."Blues as Blues Can Get"
4:05
8."Can I Change My Mind"
  • Barry Despenza
  • Carl Wolfolk
3:30
9."Cease and Desist"McClinton2:56
10."Stir It Up" Bob Marley 3:32
11."Good Man, Good Woman" (featuring Bonnie Raitt)
3:34
Total length:40:17

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Never Been Rocked Enough
Chart (1992)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [18] 2
US Billboard 200 [17] 118

References

  1. ↑ Burliuk, Greg (June 25, 1992). "American Originals Are Still Expanding Their Horizons". Entertainment. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
  2. ↑ McLeese, Don (August 20, 1992). "Country & Western". Rolling Stone. No. 637. p. 53.
  3. ↑ Kienzle, Rich (September 1992). "Never Been Rocked Enough by Delbert McClinton". Country Music (157): 6.
  4. ↑ Abbott, Jim (May 8, 1992). "In the Bin". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 10.
  5. ↑ Falon, Janet Ruth (March 13, 1992). "Heading for New Success". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 36.
  6. ↑ Bream, Jon (July 17, 1992). "Nightlife". Star Tribune. p. 10E.
  7. ↑ "Never Been Rocked Enough by Delbert McClinton". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 19. May 9, 1992. p. 53.
  8. ↑ Washburn, Jim (September 24, 1992). "Delbert McClinton Still Reveling in R & B Career". Los Angeles Times. p. F1.
  9. ↑ Catlin, Roger (July 11, 1992). "On a hot night, nothing like Delbert's blues". Hartford Courant. p. D2.
  10. ↑ McLeese, Don (May 5, 1992). "Back Home". Austin American-Statesman. p. D6.
  11. ↑ Allan, Marc D. (August 28, 1992). "Delbert McClinton finally coming into his own". The Indianapolis Star. p. D4.
  12. 1 2 Parisien, Roch. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  13. 1 2 Tremblay, Mark (June 7, 1992). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
  14. 1 2 Jones, Owen (June 27, 1992). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. F2.
  15. ↑ Morse, Steve (May 14, 1992). "Delbert McClinton Never Been Rocked Enough". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 8.
  16. ↑ Parisien, Roch (August 23, 1992). "McClinton no longer the 'kiss of death'". Ottawa Citizen. p. C7.
  17. 1 2 "Delbert McClinton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Delbert McClinton – Never Been Rocked Enough". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
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