Slow Turning

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Slow Turning
Hiatt Turning.jpg
Studio album by
John Hiatt
ReleasedAugust 30, 1988
RecordedMay 20, 1988 – June 6, 1988
StudioRonnie Milsap's Groundstar Labs, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Rock
Length48:45
Label A&M
Producer Glyn Johns
John Hiatt chronology
Bring the Family
(1987)		Slow Turning
(1988)		 Stolen Moments
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Slow Turning is singer-songwriter John Hiatt's ninth album, released in 1988. It provided Hiatt's only significant radio hit with the title track. The single "Slow Turning" was also featured in the 2002 motion picture drama The Rookie which starred Dennis Quaid. "Feels Like Rain" was later covered by Buddy Guy on an album of the same name and was featured in the 2004 Kate Hudson movie Raising Helen . Aaron Neville also covered "Feels Like Rain" on his 1991 album "Warm Your Heart". "Drive South" became a No. 2 country hit for Suzy Bogguss in early 1993. "Icy Blue Heart" was covered by Emmylou Harris on her 1989 album Bluebird , with backing vocals by Bonnie Raitt, and was covered later by Linda Ronstadt on her 1998 album We Ran . Ilse DeLange recorded "It'll Come To You"" and "Feels Like Rain" on her live album "Dear John". During the barroom scene in the film "Thelma and Louise", the band is playing "Tennessee Plates" (Charlie Sexton recorded the song for the soundtrack album).

Contents

Though not credited on the album cover, Hiatt is backed by The Goners.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Hiatt, except "Tennessee Plates", written by John Hiatt and Mike Porter.

  1. "Drive South" – 3:55
  2. "Trudy and Dave" – 4:25
  3. "Tennessee Plates" – 2:57
  4. "Icy Blue Heart" – 4:34
  5. "Sometime Other Than Now" – 4:25
  6. "Georgia Rae" – 4:26
  7. "Ride Along" – 3:31
  8. "Slow Turning" – 3:36
  9. "It'll Come to You" – 3:29
  10. "Is Anybody There?" – 5:01
  11. "Paper Thin" – 3:35
  12. "Feels Like Rain" – 4:51

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)71 [4]

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. ↑ "Slow Turning – John Hiatt | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "Consumer Guide, John Hiatt reviews". Robert Christgau . Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ Guterman, Jimmy (October 6, 1988). "John Hiatt: Slow Turning : Music review". Rolling Stone (RS 536). Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 138. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.


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