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Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood and The Destroyers album)

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Released
  
August 9, 1982

Producer
  
Jim Gaines

Release date
  
9 August 1982

Genres
  
Blues rock, Boogie rock

Length
  
40:17

Bad to the Bone (1982)
  
Maverick (1985)

Label
  
EMI America Records

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Recorded
  
1981 - 1982 Dimension Sound Studios, Boston

Artist
  
George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Similar
  
Move It On Over, Born to Be Bad, More George Thorogoo, Better Than the Rest, Rockin' My Life Away

George thorogood the destroyers bad to the bone


Bad to the Bone is the fifth studio album by the American Blues-Rock band George Thorogood & The Destroyers. It was released in 1982 by the label EMI America Records and contains their best known song, "Bad to the Bone". The album also features The Rolling Stones side-man Ian Stewart on keyboards and piano. A special edition of this album was released in 2007 to mark the 25th anniversary of the album's original release.

Contents

George thorogood bad to the bone


Track listing

  1. "Back to Wentzville" (George Thorogood) – 3:30
  2. "Blue Highway" (Nick Gravenites, David Getz) – 4:44
  3. "Nobody but Me" (The Isley Brothers) – 3:28
  4. "It's a Sin" (Jimmy Reed) – 3:32
  5. "New Boogie Chillun" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:03
  6. "Bad to the Bone" (George Thorogood) – 4:52
  7. "Miss Luann" (George Thorogood) – 4:13
  8. "As the Years Go Passing By" (Deadric Malone (a.k.a. Don Robey)) – 5:03
  9. "No Particular Place to Go" (Chuck Berry) – 4:00
  10. "Wanted Man" (Bob Dylan) – 3:12
25th Anniversary edition bonus tracks
  1. "That Philly Thing" (George Thorogood) – 2:25
  2. "Blue Highway" (Nick Gravenites, David Getz) – 4:08
  3. "New Boogie Chillun" (John Lee Hooker) – 7:10
  4. "No Particular Place to Go" (Chuck Berry) – 4:26
  5. "As the Years Go Passing By" (Deadric Malone (a.k.a. Don Robey)) – 4:44
  6. "Bad to the Bone" (George Thorogood) – 7:05
  7. "Wanted Man" (Bob Dylan) – 3:57

Note: Track 11 is an instrumental B-Side, and Tracks 12-17 are 2007 re-recordings.

Personnel

  • George Thorogood - vocals, guitar
  • Billy Blough - bass
  • Jeff Simon - drums, percussion
  • Hank Carter - saxophones
  • Ian Stewart - keyboards, piano

    • Later samples

  • "Bad to the Bone"
  • "Bridging the Gap" by Nas from the album Street's Disciple

    • Songs

    1Back to Wentzville3:30
    2Blue Highway4:44
    3Nobody But Me3:28

    References

    Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers album) Wikipedia
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