Wicked Grin

Wicked Grin
Studio album by John P. Hammond
Released	March 13, 2001
Genre	Blues
Length	55:40
Label	Pointblank
Producer	Tom Waits
John P. Hammond chronology
Long As I Have You (1998) Wicked Grin (2001) Ready for Love (2003)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	88/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Wicked Grin is the twenty-eighth studio album from blues singer John P. Hammond. The album is a collection of songs written by Hammond's friend Tom Waits, who produced the project. It was released in March 2001 under Pointblank Records.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"2:19"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	4:42
2.	"Heartattack and Vine"	Tom Waits	4:40
3.	"Clap Hands"	Tom Waits	3:59
4.	"'Til the Money Runs Out"	Tom Waits	4:02
5.	"16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six"	Tom Waits	4:37
6.	"Buzz Fledderjohn"	Tom Waits	4:14
7.	"Get Behind the Mule"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	5:54
8.	"Shore Leave"	Tom Waits	2:58
9.	"Fannin Street"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits, Huddie Ledbetter	4:48
10.	"Jockey Full of Bourbon"	Tom Waits	3:32
11.	"Big Black Mariah"	Tom Waits	4:09
12.	"Murder in the Red Barn"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	5:56
13.	"I Know I've Been Changed"	Traditional	2:19

Critical reception

Q listed Wicked Grin as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.^[3]

References

1. "Wicked Grin reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
2. "Wicked Grin- John Hammond". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
3. "The Best 50 Albums of 2001". Q. December 2001. pp. 60–65.