Wicked Grin

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Wicked Grin
Wicked Grin album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 13, 2001
StudioPrairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California; Alpha & Omega Recording, San Rafael, California
Genre Blues
Length55:40
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
SourceRating
Metacritic 88/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."2:19" Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits 4:42
2."Heartattack and Vine"Tom Waits4:40
3."Clap Hands"Tom Waits3:59
4."'Til the Money Runs Out"Tom Waits4:02
5."16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six"Tom Waits4:37
6."Buzz Fledderjohn"Tom Waits4:14
7."Get Behind the Mule"Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits5:54
8."Shore Leave"Tom Waits2:58
9."Fannin Street"Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits, Huddie Ledbetter 4:48
10."Jockey Full of Bourbon"Tom Waits3:32
11."Big Black Mariah"Tom Waits4:09
12."Murder in the Red Barn"Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits5:56
13."I Know I've Been Changed"Traditional2:19

Personnel

Critical reception

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

Charts

ChartPeak
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

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