Released 4 February 2014 Producer Perry A. Margouleff Release date 4 February 2014 Genres Blues, Soul music | Length 41:34 Artist Paul Rodgers Label 429 Records | |
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Recorded 2013, Royal Studios, Memphis Similar Paul Rodgers albums, Blues albums | ||
The Royal Sessions is a studio album by Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company fame. Released on 4 February 2014, it consists of ten covers of blues, rhythm & blues and soul songs recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee with local musicians and produced by Perry A. Margouleff. Rodgers chose songs for the album that inspired him in his youth.
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Rodgers announced before the album's release that he would be donating all proceeds from it to the Stax Music Academy, an after-school music programme in Memphis, stating that he wanted to "pay the proceeds to the people who gave us this music".
The album entered the Billboard Blues Albums Chart at number 1, and entered the Billboard 200 at number 81.
Reception
Steven Thomas Erlewine, reviewing the album for Allmusic, gave it four stars out of five, describing it as "enjoyable". Glide magazine awarded it 8/10. USA Today gave it three stars out of four, with Jerry Shriver saying that "Rodgers' devotion rings true". The Winnipeg Sun gave it two and a half stars, describing it as "Enjoyable, but not essential." Le Parisien writer Michel Valentin viewed the familiarity of the songs as a drawback.
Track listing
Personnel
Songs
1I Thank You3:11
2Down Don't Bother Me2:18
3I Can't Stand The Rain4:05