Storyville (album)

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Storyville
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1991
Recorded1991
Studio
    • The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA)
    • Southlake Studios (Metairie, LA)
    • Ultrasonic Sound Studios (New Orleans, LA)
    • Kingsway Studio (New Orleans, LA)
    • Zeitgeist Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
    • Ground Control Studio (Burbank, CA)
    • St. Claire Studio (Scotland)
Genre Rock
Length54:54
Label Geffen
Producer Robbie Robertson, Gary Gersh, Stephen Hague, Martin Page
Robbie Robertson chronology
Robbie Robertson
(1987)
Storyville
(1991)
Music for The Native Americans
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau C [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Storyville is Robbie Robertson's second solo album. It is focused on the famous jazz homeland section of New Orleans and on that part of the South in general. He contributed one song ("Breakin' the Rules") to Wim Wenders' soundtrack to his 1991 film, Until the End of the World .

Contents

In 2005 the album was reissued together with Robbie Robertson as 2CD in an expanded edition, both with two bonus tracks. Cover photography by Syndey Byrd, Art Directed by Mark Andresen.

Track listing

All songs written by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Night Parade" – 5:05
  2. "Hold Back the Dawn" – 5:25
  3. "Go Back to Your Woods" (Robertson, Bruce Hornsby) – 4:48 produced by Robertson and Gersh
  4. "Soap Box Preacher" – 5:17
  5. "Day of Reckoning (Burnin for You)" (Robertson, David Ricketts) – 6:43
  6. "What About Now" (Robertson, Ivan Neville) – 5:08
  7. "Shake This Town" – 5:21
  8. "Breakin the Rules" – 5:48
  9. "Resurrection" – 5:18
  10. "Sign of the Rainbow" (Robertson, Martin Page) – 5:24 produced by Robertson, Hague and Page

Bonus tracks on the 2005 expanded edition:

  1. "Storyville" – 1:10  previously unreleased Storyville outtake
  2. "The Far, Lonely Cry of Trains" – 2:51

Personnel

Additional personnel

Horn Section #1 (arranged by Wardell Quezergue)

Horn Section #2 (arranged by Wardell Quezergue)

Horn Section #3 (arranged by Mark Isham)

Code Blue

Rebirth Brass Band

Zion Harmonizers

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1991Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 113
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] 9
UK Pop Albums [8] 30
US Billboard 200 69

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
1991"What About Now" RPM Hit Tracks [9] 4
1991"What About Now" RPM 40AC [10] 7
1991"What About Now" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 15
1991"What About Now"Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 28
1991"Go Back to Your Woods"RPM Hit Tracks [11] 9
1991"Go Back to Your Woods"RPM 40AC [12] 5
1991"Go Back to Your Woods"Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks32

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