Room to Breathe (Delbert McClinton album)

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Room to Breathe
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ReleasedAugust 24, 2002 (2002-08-24)
Studio
  • Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Bismeaux Studios (Austin, Texas)
Genre
Length42:14
Label New West Records
Producer
Delbert McClinton chronology
Nothing Personal
(2001)
Room to Breathe
(2002)
Live
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Room to Breathe is a solo studio album by American blues rock singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton. It was released on August 24, 2002 via New West Records. It was recorded at Sound Emporium at Nashville, Tennessee with additional recording at Bismeaux Studio in Austin, Texas. Production was handled by Gary Nicholson and McClinton himself.

Contents

The album peaked at number 84 on the Billboard 200, number 12 on the Top Country Albums, number 3 on the Independent Albums, and topped the Blues Albums chart in the United States.

In 2003, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Same Kind of Crazy"4:04
2."Smooth Talk"
  • McClinton
  • Nicholson
3:49
3."Jungle Room"
3:41
4."Everything I Know About the Blues"
3:31
5."Blues About You Baby"
  • McClinton
  • Al Anderson
3:00
6."Lone Star Blues"
  • McClinton
  • Nicholson
3:57
7."The Rub"McClinton3:15
8."Won't Be Me"
  • McClinton
  • Nicholson
  • Anderson
4:04
9."Don't Want to Love You"
  • McClinton
  • Billy Lawson
3:00
10."Ain't Lost Nothin'"
2:45
11."Money Honey"
  • McClinton
  • Nicholson
3:35
12."New York City"
  • McClinton
  • Tom Faulkner
3:33
Total length:42:14

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 84
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 12
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [6] 3
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [7] 1

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