This Is Where I Live

This Is Where I Live
Studio album by William Bell
Released	June 3, 2016
Genre	Rhythm and blues, Americana, soul, [1] roots
Length	38:49
Label	Stax
Producer	John Leventhal
William Bell chronology
New Lease on Life (2006) This Is Where I Live (2016)

This Is Where I Live is an album by William Bell released on June 3, 2016 in the US and July 8, 2016 elsewhere. It won Bell a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
All About Jazz	[5]
The Guardian	[6]
The Independent	[7]
The Irish Times	[8]
Mojo	[9]
Paste	9.2/10 [10]
The Telegraph	[11]
Tom Hull	B [12]
Uncut	8/10 [13]

PopMatters gave the album 8 out of 10 stars, calling it "an imperative listen for anyone claiming to be a fan of rhythm and blues, both old and new." ^[14]

Following his Grammy win, streaming of "Born Under A Bad Sign" (which Bell performed at the ceremony with Gary Clark Jr.) on Spotify increased by 4,950%, with overall streams increasing by 680%. Similarly, streaming of Bell's music on Pandora increased by 12,085%. ^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Three of Me"	William Bell, John Leventhal, Marc Cohn	3:24
2.	"The House Always Wins"	Bell, Leventhal, Cory Chisel, Scott Bomar	2:56
3.	"Poison in the Well"	Bell, Leventhal, Cohn	3:15
4.	"I Will Take Care of You"	Bell, Leventhal	2:52
5.	"Born Under a Bad Sign"	Bell, Booker T. Jones	3:17
6.	"All Your Stories"	Jesse Winchester	2:56
7.	"Walking on a Tightrope"	Leventhal, Rosanne Cash	2:52
8.	"This Is Where I Live"	Bell, Leventhal	3:14
9.	"More Rooms"	Bell, Leventhal, Cohn	4:19
10.	"All the Things You Can't Remember"	Bell, Leventhal, Cohn	3:00
11.	"Mississippi-Arkansas Bridge"	Bell, Leventhal, Cohn	3:47
12.	"People Want to Go Home"	Bell, Leventhal	2:58

References

1. Deming, Mark. "This Is Where I Live". AllMusic. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
2. Carr, Courtney (February 12, 2017). "William Bell Wins Best Americana Album at 2017 Grammy Awards". The Boot. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
3. "Reviews for This Is Where I Live by William Bell". Metacritic . Retrieved August 16, 2025.
4. Deming, Mark (June 3, 2016). "This Is Where I Live - William Bell". AllMusic . Retrieved August 16, 2025.
5. Nadal, James (June 20, 2016). "William Bell: This Is Where I Live". All About Jazz . Retrieved August 16, 2025.
6. Dennis, Jon (21 July 2016). "William Bell: This Is Where I Live review – undimmed soul mastery". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 August 2025.
7. Gill, Andy (7 July 2016). "Album reviews round-up: Biffy Clyro, Roisin Murphy, William Bell and more". The Independent . Retrieved 16 August 2025.
8. Carroll, Jim (August 4, 2016). "William Bell - This Is Where I Live album review: authentic southern soul". The Irish Times . Retrieved August 16, 2025.
9. William Bell has forgotten nothing, it seems, least of all how to make wonderful, eternal soul music. [Aug 2016, p.88]
10. Young, Jon (July 7, 2016). "William Bell: This Is Where I Live". Paste . Retrieved August 16, 2025.
11. Brown, Helen (12 July 2016). "William Bell's Where I Live proves he's a soul survivor". The Telegraph . Retrieved 16 August 2025.
12. Hull, Tom. "Grade List: William Bell". Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved August 16, 2025.
13. The septuagenarian may not possess the range he once had, but Bell's voice wears the years gracefully. [Aug 2016, p.71]
14. McGuire, Colin (July 20, 2016). "William Bell: This Is Where I Live". PopMatters. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
15. McAlone, Nathan (February 13, 2017). "The Grammys' biggest winner was a 77-year-old Memphis legend, according to Spotify and Pandora". Business Insider. Retrieved December 3, 2020.