Rhythm & Blues (Buddy Guy album)

Rhythm & Blues
Studio album by Buddy Guy
Released July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)
Genre Blues, Soul
Label RCA
Producer Tom Hambridge
Buddy Guy chronology
Living Proof
(2010)		 Rhythm & Blues
(2013)		 Born to Play Guitar
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!8/10[2]
Allmusic[3]

Rhythm & Blues is the 27th studio album by American blues musician Buddy Guy. It was released in July 2013 under RCA Records. Rhythm & Blues marked Guy's largest first week sales in the Soundscan Era, and was his fourth album to reach No.1 on the Top Blues Albums Chart (following 2010's Living Proof, 2008's Skin Deep, and 2001’s Sweet Tea).[4]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 27 on Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Blues Albums chart.[5] selling 10,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 55,000 copies in the United States as of July 2015.[6]

Musicians

Guitars
  • BG '89 Fender Custom Strat
  • '54 Fender Strat
  • Gibson Custom 335
  • Gibson Les Paul
  • Charles Rose - Trombone, Horn Arrangeomenit
  • Steve Herrman - Trumpet
  • Jim Horn - Baritone Sax
  • Harvey Thompson - Tenor Sax

Guest Musicians

Personnel

Track list

Disc One - Rhythm
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Best in Town" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns)Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming4:55
2."Justifyin'"  Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge3:23
3."I Go by Feel"  Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:15
4."Messin' with the Kid" (featuring Kid Rock)Mel London2:33
5."What's Up with That Woman" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns)Tom Hambridge4:02
6."One Day Away" (featuring Keith Urban)Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming, Scott Holt3:44
7."Well I Done Got Over It"  Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones2:55
8."What You Gonna Do About Me" (featuring Beth Hart & Muscle Shoals Horns)Tom Hambridge, Lee Roy Parnell, Gary Nicholson4:39
9."The Devil's Daughter"  Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge5:15
10."Whiskey Ghost"  Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:36
11."Rhythm Inner Groove"  Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge0:34
Disc Two - Blues
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Meet Me in Chicago"  Tom Hambridge, Robert Randolph3:45
2."Too Damn Bad"  Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming3:06
3."Evil Twin" (featuring Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford)Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming5:23
4."I Could Die Happy"  Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming4:13
5."Never Gonna Change"  Tom Hambridge, David Gogo3:20
6."All That Makes Me Happy Is the Blues" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns)Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:36
7."My Mama Loved Me"  Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming3:33
8."Blues Don't Care" (featuring Gary Clark, Jr.)Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming3:26
9."I Came Up Hard"  Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Richard Flemming5:28
10."Poison Ivy"  Mel London2:50

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 106
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 86
French Albums (SNEP)[16] 93
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 41
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18] 69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 12
US Billboard 200[21] 27
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[22] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[23] 5

References

  1. ↑ "Rhythm & Blues Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  2. ↑ Schneider, Jason (2013-07-26). "Buddy Guy - Rhythm & Blues". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Rhythm & Blues - Buddy Guy". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  4. ↑ http://www.rcarecords.com/news/buddy-guy-breaks-his-sales-record-rhythm-blues-debuts-1-billboards-top-blues-albums-chart, Retrieved February 16, 2015
  5. ↑ "Buddy Guy Breaks His Sales Record As Rhythm & Blues Debuts at #1 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums Chart". RCA Records. August 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ Kid Rock appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Company
  8. ↑ Keith Urban appears courtesy Capitol Records Nashville
  9. ↑ Beth Hart appears courtesy Mascot Records
  10. ↑ Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Brad Whitford appears courtesy Columbia Records
  11. ↑ Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Brad Whitford appears courtesy Columbia Records
  12. ↑ Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Brad Whitford appears courtesy Columbia Records
  13. ↑ Gary Clark, Jr. appears courtesy Warner Bros. Records
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues" (in French). Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues". Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  18. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  19. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues". Hung Medien.
  20. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues". Hung Medien.
  21. ↑ "Buddy Guy – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Buddy Guy.
  22. ↑ "Blues Album: August 17, 2013". Billboard.
  23. ↑ "Buddy Guy – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Buddy Guy.
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