Released 1974 Length 40:18 Producer Bruce Iglauer Genre Blues | Recorded 1973 Release date 1973 Label Alligator Records | |
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Natural Boogie
(1974) Beware of the Dog
(1975) Artists Hound Dog Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers Similar Hound Dog Taylor albums, Blues albums | ||
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Natural Boogie is the second studio album released by Hound Dog Taylor and his band The HouseRockers. Released on Alligator Records (AL 4704) in 1974, it was the follow up to their 1971 debut album Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers.
Contents
Background
Natural Boogie was recorded at Sound Studios in Chicago, and produced by Hound Dog Taylor and Bruce Iglauer. It was Taylor's second album, and the last to be released during his lifetime, although at the time of his death a live album, Beware of the Dog, was already planned.
Reception
Cub Coda's review on Allmusic describes Natural Boogie as having a fatter sound than its predecessor, and a wider range of emotions and music. The website gives the album a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. The Penguin guide to Blues Recordings describes it as "a less incendiary performance than the first Alligator album but by no means lacking in bonhomie." In The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James, author Steve Franz writes that the album's balance of material makes it arguably Taylor's best album.
Track listing
Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Hound Dog Taylor
- "Take Five" – 2:40
- "Hawaiian Boogie" (Elmore James, Joe Josea) – 2:38
- "See Me In The Evening" – 5:04
- "You Can't Sit Down" (Dee Clark, Phil Upchurch, Cornell Muldrow) – 3:20
- "Sitting At Home Alone" – 4:07
- "One More Time" (Brewer Phillips) – 2:27
- "Roll Your Moneymaker" – 4:00
- "Buster's Boogie" – 3:12
- "Sadie" – 6:10
- "Talk To My Baby" (Elmore James) – 3:18
- "Goodnight Boogie" – 3:22
Performance
Production
Songs
1Take Five2:45
2Hawaiian Boogie2:43
3See Me in the Evening5:09