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Released
  
December 1980

Studio
  
Sound Station, Chicago

Stone Crazy (1979)
  
Breaking Out (1980)

Release date
  
1988

Label
  
JSP Records

Recorded
  
September 1980

Length
  
52:38

Artist
  
Buddy Guy

Producer
  
Buddy Guy

Genres
  
Blues, Chicago blues


Breaking Out (1980)
  
DJ Play My Blues (1982)

Similar
  
Buddy Guy albums, Blues albums

Breaking Out is the fifth studio album by Buddy Guy. It was released in 1980 on JSP Records.

Contents

Recordings

The original album tracks were recorded at Sound Station, Chicago, IL, in September 1980 with studio session musicians. They were recorded two more tracks on that session. "Feeling Sexy" and "Funk Is The Skunk" were originally released on another JSP LP, simply titled "Buddy & Philip Guy" in 1981.

CD releaseses

It was released on CD first on JSP at the end of 80s with a bonus track ("Feeling Sexy" was recorded on that same session), but alternate cover. The 1996 CD release includes 2 alternate bonus tracks, which were recorded on another session, at Soto Sound Studios, Evanston, IL in 1981. The 2008 CD release includes 3 more bonus tracks from the Soto Sound sessions. These five tracks previously released on Phil Guy's albums, "The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy" (1982) and "Bad Luck Boy" (1983). All of the CD releases have alternate covers.

Original track listing

  1. "I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:00
  2. "Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:22
  3. "She Winked At Me" - 4:55
  4. "Boogie Family Style" - 4:01
  5. "Break Out All Over You" - 4:10
  6. "You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:06
  7. "Me and My Guitar" - 4:49
  8. "You Can Make It If You Try" - 4:39

First CD release bonus track

  1. "Feeling Sexy" - 8:52

1996 reissue track listing

  1. "Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:22
  2. "You Can Make It If You Try" - 4:39
  3. "Break Out All over You (Poison Ivy)" - 4:10
  4. "She Winked At Me" - 4:55
  5. "I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:00
  6. "Boogie Family Style" - 4:01
  7. "You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:06
  8. "Me and My Guitar" - 4:49
  9. "Ice Around My Heart" - 8:53
  10. "Texas Flood" - 5:43

2008 reissue track listing

  1. "Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:25
  2. "You Can Make It If You Try" - 4:42
  3. "Break Out All over You (Poison Ivy)" - 4:13
  4. "She Winked At Me" - 5:08
  5. "I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:02
  6. "Boogie Family Style" - 4:03
  7. "You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:01
  8. "Me and My Guitar" - 5:04
  9. "Breaking Out On Top" - 7:25
  10. "Skin & Bones / Money" - 8:24
  11. "Love Is Like Quicksand" - 5:06
  12. "Ice Around My Heart" - 8:53
  13. "Texas Flood" - 5:44

Personnel

  • Buddy Guy - guitar, vocals
  • Phil Guy - guitar, vocals on "Feeling Sexy"
  • William McDonald - guitar
  • Nick Charles - bass
  • Jene Pickett - keyboards
  • Merle Perkins - drums

    • Songs

    1Have You Ever Been Lonesome6:22
    2You Can Make It If You Try4:44
    3Break Out All Over You4:12

    References

    Breaking Out Wikipedia
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