Different Shades of Blue

Different Shades of Blue
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	September 22, 2014
Recorded	at The Palms, Las Vegas; NV and The Cave, CA
Genre	Blues rock
Length	48:19
Label	J&R Records
Producer	Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Seesaw (2013) Different Shades of Blue (2014) Blues of Desperation (2016)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	(8/10)[2]

Different Shades of Blue is the eleventh studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on September 22, 2014.

The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, which makes this Bonamassa's highest charting album, and his first top 10 on the chart.^[3] It was ranked No. 3 on Billboard's Year End Blues Album Chart of 2015.^[4] It has sold 89,000 copies in the United States as of September 2015.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"	Jimi Hendrix	1:19
2.	"Oh Beautiful!"	Bonamassa, James House	5:28
3.	"Love Ain't a Love Song"	Bonamassa, Jerry Flowers	3:48
4.	"Living on the Moon"	Bonamassa, House	3:21
5.	"Heartache Follows Wherever I Go"	Bonamassa, House	4:33
6.	"Never Give All Your Heart"	Bonamassa, Jonathan Cain	5:24
7.	"I Gave Up Everything for You, 'Cept the Blues"	Bonamassa, Flowers, Jeffrey Steele	4:39
8.	"Different Shades of Blue"	Bonamassa, House	4:39
9.	"Get Back My Tomorrow"	Bonamassa, Flowers, Steele	4:46
10.	"Trouble Town"	Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson	4:56
11.	"So, What Would I Do"	Bonamassa	5:26

Personnel

Musicians Joe Bonamassa – guitar, vocals Reese Wynans – organ, piano Anton Fig – drums, percussion Carmine Rojas – bass Michael Rhodes – bass Lenny Castro – percussion Doug Henthorn – background vocals Melanie Williams – background vocals Lee Thornburg – horn arrangements, trombone, trumpet Ron Dziubla – saxophone The Bovaland Orchestra – strings Jeff Bova – string arrangements

Production Rik Gould – photography Mark Everton Gray – engineer Erik Kabik – photography Philippe Klose – photography Bob Ludwig – mastering Kevin Shirley – engineer, mixing, producer Brent Spear – technician at The Palms Dennis Friel – design, artwork

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]	8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	19
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[9]	12
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10]	11
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13]	63
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[14]	10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15]	18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17]	22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18]	5
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	9
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20]	15
US Billboard 200[21]	8
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[22]	1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[23]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24]	3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[25]	8

References

1. Leggett, Steve. "Different Shades of Blue - Joe Bonamassa | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
2. Beaudoin, Jedd (1 October 2014). "Joe Bonamassa: Different Shades of Blue | PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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