Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

Memphis (Boz Scaggs album)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
March 5, 2013

Speak Low (2008)
  
Memphis (2013)

Artist
  
Boz Scaggs

Producer
  
Steve Jordan

Recorded
  
2012

Memphis (2013)
  
A Fool to Care (2015)

Release date
  
5 March 2013

Label
  
429 Records

Memphis (Boz Scaggs album) httpsimagesnasslimagesamazoncomimagesI5

Studio
  
Royal Studios, Memphis, Tennessee

Length
  
47:30 (standard edition)

Genres
  
Jazz, R&B/soul, Adult contemporary, Blues

Similar
  
Come On Home, Some Change, A Fool to Care, Dig, Moments

Boz scaggs gone baby gone


Memphis is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Boz Scaggs. It was Scaggs's first solo release since 2008's Speak Low. The album was released on March 5, 2013, by 429 Records. The album has debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 17, and has sold 90,000 copies in the US as of March 2015.

Contents

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album a positive review with 4 of 5 stars, describing the record as "a stunner. Scaggs is in full possession of that iconic voice; he delivers songs with an endemic empathy and intimacy that make them sound like living, breathing stories."

Track listing

Most of the songs on the album are cover versions of songs previously released by other artists. Where applicable, the original artists who first released those songs are identified in the table below.

A two-disc version of the album was released for exclusive distribution by Barnes & Noble in the United States. The second disc contains six demos, three of which were recorded as fully produced versions for the final release of the album and three of which were not.

Songs

1Gone Baby Gone3:35
2So Good to Be Here3:15
3Mixed Up - Shook Up Girl3:44

References

Memphis (Boz Scaggs album) Wikipedia