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]

Track list

Disc One - Rhythm
No. Title Length
1. "Best in Town" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns) 4:55
2. "Justifyin'"   3:23
3. "I Go by Feel"   4:15
4. "Messin' with the Kid" (featuring Kid Rock) 2:33
5. "What's Up with That Woman" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns) 4:02
6. "One Day Away" (featuring Keith Urban) 3:44
7. "Well I Done Got Over It"   2:55
8. "What You Gonna Do About Me" (featuring Beth Hart & Muscle Shoals Horns) 4:39
9. "The Devil's Daughter"   5:15
10. "Whiskey Ghost"   4:36
11. "Rhythm Inner Groove"   0:34
Disc Two - Blues
No. Title Length
1. "Meet Me in Chicago"   3:45
2. "Too Damn Bad"   3:06
3. "Evil Twin" (featuring Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford) 5:23
4. "I Could Die Happy"   4:13
5. "Never Gonna Change"   3:20
6. "All That Makes Me Happy Is the Blues" (featuring Muscle Shoals Horns) 4:36
7. "My Mama Loved Me"   3:33
8. "Blues Don't Care" (featuring Gary Clark, Jr.) 3:26
9. "I Came Up Hard"   5:28
10. "Poison Ivy"   2:50

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 106
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 86
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 93
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 41
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[11] 69
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 12
US Billboard 200[14] 27
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[15] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[16] 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. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues" (in French). Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues". Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues". Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues". Hung Medien.
  14. ↑ "Buddy Guy – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Buddy Guy.
  15. ↑ "Blues Album: August 17, 2013". Billboard.
  16. ↑ "Buddy Guy – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Buddy Guy.
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