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AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]

Natural Boogie is the second studio album released by Hound Dog Taylor and his band the HouseRockers. Released on Alligator Records (AL 4704) in 1974, it was the follow-up to their 1971 debut album Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers.

Background

Natural Boogie was recorded at Sound Studios in Chicago, and produced by Hound Dog Taylor and Bruce Iglauer.[4] It was Taylor's second album, and the last to be released during his lifetime, although at the time of his death a live album, Beware of the Dog, was already planned.[3]

Reception

Cub Coda's review on AllMusic describes Natural Boogie as having a fatter sound than its predecessor, and a wider range of emotions and music. The website gives the album a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5.[1] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings describes it as "a less incendiary performance than the first Alligator album but by no means lacking in bonhomie."[3] In The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James, author Steve Franz writes that the album's balance of material makes it arguably Taylor's best album.[5]

Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Hound Dog Taylor

  1. "Take Five" – 2:40
  2. "Hawaiian Boogie" (Elmore James, Joe Josea) – 2:38
  3. "See Me in the Evening" – 5:04
  4. "You Can't Sit Down" (Dee Clark, Phil Upchurch, Cornell Muldrow) – 3:20
  5. "Sitting at Home Alone" – 4:07
  6. "One More Time" (Brewer Phillips) – 2:27
  7. "Roll Your Moneymaker" – 4:00
  8. "Buster's Boogie" – 3:12
  9. "Sadie" – 6:10
  10. "Talk To My Baby" (Elmore James) – 3:18
  11. "Goodnight Boogie" – 3:22

Personnel

Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers

Production

  • Stu Black – engineer
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Bruce Iglauer – producer
  • Bob Keeling – photography
  • Hound Dog Taylor – producer
  • Michael Trossman – design

References

  1. ^ a b AllMusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ a b c Russell, T. and Smith, C. (2006): The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings, London: Penguin Books, p. 631
  4. ^ "Natural Boogie". www.alligator.com. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  5. ^ Franz, Steve (2002). The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James. Saint Louis, MO: BlueSource Publications, pp. 168–171
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Boogie_(Album)
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