Wicked Grin

Wicked Grin
Studio album by John P. Hammond
Released	March 13, 2001
Studio	Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California; Alpha & Omega Recording, San Rafael, California
Genre	Blues
Length	55:40
Label	Pointblank
Producer	Tom Waits
John P. Hammond chronology
Long As I Have You (1998) Wicked Grin (2001) Ready for Love (2003)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	88/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]

Wicked Grin is the twenty-eighth studio album from blues singer John P. Hammond. The album is a collection of songs written by Hammond's friend Tom Waits, who produced the project. It was released in March 2001 under Pointblank Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"2:19"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	4:42
2.	"Heartattack and Vine"	Tom Waits	4:40
3.	"Clap Hands"	Tom Waits	3:59
4.	"'Til the Money Runs Out"	Tom Waits	4:02
5.	"16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six"	Tom Waits	4:37
6.	"Buzz Fledderjohn"	Tom Waits	4:14
7.	"Get Behind the Mule"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	5:54
8.	"Shore Leave"	Tom Waits	2:58
9.	"Fannin Street"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits, Huddie Ledbetter	4:48
10.	"Jockey Full of Bourbon"	Tom Waits	3:32
11.	"Big Black Mariah"	Tom Waits	4:09
12.	"Murder in the Red Barn"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	5:56
13.	"I Know I've Been Changed"	Traditional	2:19

Personnel

• John P. Hammond - vocals, guitar; acoustic slide guitar and harmonica" on "Buzz Fledderjohn"
• Tom Waits - guitar; plucked piano on "Buzz Fledderjohn"; piano on "Fannin Street"
• Larry Taylor - bass
• Augie Meyers - piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, Vox organ, accordion
• Stephen Hodges - drums, percussion
• Charlie Musselwhite - harmonica

Critical reception

Q listed Wicked Grin as one of the best 50 albums of 2001. ^[4]

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5]	19
Italian Albums (FIMI) [6]	30
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7]	30
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [8]	3

References

1. "Wicked Grin reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved April 23, 2019.
2. "Wicked Grin- John Hammond". Allmusic . Retrieved November 10, 2012.
3. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 239. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
4. "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q. December 2001. pp. 60–65.
5. "John Hammond: Wicked Grin" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
6. "Italiancharts.com – John Hammond – Wicked Grin". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
7. "John Hammond Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
8. "John Hammond Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2019.