Sweet Tea (album)

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Sweet Tea
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Studio album by
Released15 May 2001
Recorded Sweet Tea Studios, Oxford, Mississippi
Genre Blues
Length54:20
Label Silvertone/Jive
Producer Dennis Herring
Buddy Guy chronology
Slippin' In
(1994)
Sweet Tea
(2001)
Blues Singer
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg + “Crown” [4]

Sweet Tea is the 11th studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy, released in 2001 on Silvertone/Jive label. It was nominated for 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Done Got Old" Junior Kimbrough 3:23
2."Baby Please Don't Leave Me"Junior Kimbrough7:24
3."Look What All You Got" James Ford 4:45
4."Stay All Night"Junior Kimbrough4:10
5."Tramp" Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin 6:47
6."She Got the Devil in Her" CeDell Davis 5:10
7."I Gotta Try You Girl"Junior Kimbrough12:09
8."Who's Been Foolin' You"Robert Cage4:55
9."It's a Jungle Out There" Buddy Guy 5:37

Personnel

Additional musicians and production

Charts

Citations

  1. Erlewine.
  2. Christgau.
  3. Kot.
  4. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 236. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  5. "Lescharts.com – Buddy Guy – Sweet Tea". Hung Medien.
  6. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  7. "Blues Albums". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

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