The New Jimmy Reed Album

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The New Jimmy Reed Album
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Studio album by
Jimmy Reed
Released1967
RecordedNovember 4 & 8, 1966
StudioChicago, IL
Genre Blues
Length31:18
Label BluesWay
BL/BLS 6004
Producer Al Smith
Jimmy Reed chronology
Jimmy Reed at Soul City
(1964)		The New Jimmy Reed Album
(1967)		 Soulin'
(1968)

The New Jimmy Reed Album is an album by blues musician Jimmy Reed released by the BluesWay label in 1967. [1] [2] [3]

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AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated the album was: "bogged down by a production that tries to move Reed into the blues-rock era. Consequently, the album is primarily of interest to completists, since even hardcore Reed fans may find the production disconcerting". [4]

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Track listing

All compositions credited to Jimmy Reed except where noted

  1. "Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon, Al Smith) – 2:43
  2. "I Wanna Know" (J. Mae, D. Smith) – 2:48
  3. "Got Nowhere to Go" (Jimmy Reed, Al Smith) – 2:30
  4. "Two Ways to Skin a Cat" (Al Smith) – 2:35
  5. "Heartaches and Trouble" – 2:15
  6. "Baby What You Want Me to Do" – 2:20
  7. "Honey I'll Make Two" (J. Mae, D. Smith) – 2:18
  8. "You Don't Have to Go" – 3:14
  9. "Don't Play Me Cheap" (Al Smith) – 2:20
  10. "Two Sides to Every Story" (Al Smith) – 2:30
  11. "I'm Just Trying to Cop a Plea" (M. Reed) – 2:30
  12. "Two Heads Better Than One" (Al Smith) – 3:15

Personnel

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