A Piece of Your Soul | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Label | Code Blue/ Atlantic [1] | |||
Producer | David Z | |||
Storyville chronology | ||||
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A Piece of Your Soul is the second album by the American band Storyville, released in 1996. [2] [3] It was chosen as the album of the year at the Austin Music Awards. [4]
The album peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Blues Albums chart; it remained on the chart for more than half a year. [5] [6] Its first single was "Good Day for the Blues", which was a radio hit. [7] Storyville promoted the album by opening for the Allman Brothers Band on some West Coast tour dates. [8]
The album was produced by David Z. [9] All five bandmembers contributed to the songwriting; fellow Austin musicians, including Doyle Bramhall II, helped as well. [10] [11] Reese Wynans played organ on A Piece of Your Soul. [12] Compared to the debut, frontman Malford Milligan's work on the album was influenced more by soul music than by the blues. [13]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [14] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [13] |
The Indianapolis Star | [15] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [16] |
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the album "a broad and colorful pallet of soulful laments ('Don't Make Me Cry'), hard-driving rockers ('Bitter Rain'), and bluesy ballads ('Blind Side')." [17] The Indianapolis Star wrote: "A little blues, a little country, a little R&B, a little gospel ... Storyville handles all the elements masterfully." [15]
The Sun Sentinel labeled "Don't Make Me Cry" "a slow burn of desert rat guitar and lazy back-beat drums." [18] The Baltimore Sun determined that the album's best songs "use the blues vocabulary to express some decidedly non-traditional ideas." [19] The Austin American-Statesman concluded that, "though A Piece of Your Soul doesn't hold up well to critical analysis, with such well-worn titles as 'Solid Ground', 'Blind Side' and 'Luck Runs Out' providing a road map to the commonplace, there's no denying how good it sounds." [20]
AllMusic deemed it "a gritty Texas blues record, but it's delivered with enough rock & roll savvy to crossover into the mainstream." [14]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bitter Rain" | |
2. | "Good Day for the Blues" | |
3. | "Blindside" | |
4. | "Don't Make Me Cry" | |
5. | "What Passes for Love" | |
6. | "Solid Ground" | |
7. | "A Piece of Your Soul" | |
8. | "Cynical" | |
9. | "Luck Runs Out" | |
10. | "Can't Go There Any More" | |
11. | "Share That Smile" |
A Piece of Your Soul | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Genre | Blues rock | |||
Label | Code Blue/ Atlantic [1] | |||
Producer | David Z | |||
Storyville chronology | ||||
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A Piece of Your Soul is the second album by the American band Storyville, released in 1996. [2] [3] It was chosen as the album of the year at the Austin Music Awards. [4]
The album peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Blues Albums chart; it remained on the chart for more than half a year. [5] [6] Its first single was "Good Day for the Blues", which was a radio hit. [7] Storyville promoted the album by opening for the Allman Brothers Band on some West Coast tour dates. [8]
The album was produced by David Z. [9] All five bandmembers contributed to the songwriting; fellow Austin musicians, including Doyle Bramhall II, helped as well. [10] [11] Reese Wynans played organ on A Piece of Your Soul. [12] Compared to the debut, frontman Malford Milligan's work on the album was influenced more by soul music than by the blues. [13]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [14] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [13] |
The Indianapolis Star | [15] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [16] |
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the album "a broad and colorful pallet of soulful laments ('Don't Make Me Cry'), hard-driving rockers ('Bitter Rain'), and bluesy ballads ('Blind Side')." [17] The Indianapolis Star wrote: "A little blues, a little country, a little R&B, a little gospel ... Storyville handles all the elements masterfully." [15]
The Sun Sentinel labeled "Don't Make Me Cry" "a slow burn of desert rat guitar and lazy back-beat drums." [18] The Baltimore Sun determined that the album's best songs "use the blues vocabulary to express some decidedly non-traditional ideas." [19] The Austin American-Statesman concluded that, "though A Piece of Your Soul doesn't hold up well to critical analysis, with such well-worn titles as 'Solid Ground', 'Blind Side' and 'Luck Runs Out' providing a road map to the commonplace, there's no denying how good it sounds." [20]
AllMusic deemed it "a gritty Texas blues record, but it's delivered with enough rock & roll savvy to crossover into the mainstream." [14]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bitter Rain" | |
2. | "Good Day for the Blues" | |
3. | "Blindside" | |
4. | "Don't Make Me Cry" | |
5. | "What Passes for Love" | |
6. | "Solid Ground" | |
7. | "A Piece of Your Soul" | |
8. | "Cynical" | |
9. | "Luck Runs Out" | |
10. | "Can't Go There Any More" | |
11. | "Share That Smile" |