I'd Rather Suck My Thumb

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I'd Rather Suck My Thumb
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Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedJuly–October, 1969
Genre Blues
Length42:51
Label Impulse!
Producer Ed Michel
Mel Brown chronology
Blues for We
(1969)
I'd Rather Suck My Thumb
(1970)
Mel Brown's Fifth
(1969)

I'd Rather Suck My Thumb is the fourth album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown recorded in 1969 for the Impulse! label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars. [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Mel Brown except as indicated
  1. "I'd Rather Suck My Thumb" - 5:33
  2. "Scorpio" - 6:30
  3. "Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlings" - 11:10
  4. "You Got Me Hummin'" - 4:15
  5. "Do Your Thing" (Charles Wright) [3] - 5:36
  6. "Troubles" - 5:20
  7. "Dixie" (Dan Emmett) - 4:27
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, California on March 21, 1968

Personnel

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References

  1. Impulse! Records discography accessed January 11, 2012
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed January 11, 2012
  3. Mel Brown, "Do Your Thing" credits Retrieved August 4, 2016.