Natural Boogie

Natural Boogie
Studio album by Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
Released 1974
Recorded 1973
Genre Blues
Length 40:18
Label Alligator
Producer Bruce Iglauer
Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers chronology
Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers
(1971)		 Natural Boogie
(1974)		 Beware of the Dog
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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.[2] 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.[4]

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" (Clark, Upchurch, 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

Performance

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Natural Boogie". www.alligator.com. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Russell, T. and Smith, C. (2006): The Penguin guide to Blues Recordings, London: Penguin Books, p. 631
  4. ↑ Franz, Steve (2002). The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James. Saint Louis, MO: BlueSource Publications, pp. 168-171

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