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Studio album by | |
Released | 1991 |
Genre | Blues |
Label | Alligator [1] |
Producer | Didier Tricard |
Alone & Acoustic is an album by the blues musicians Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, released in 1991. [2] [3] It was recorded in 1981, in Paris, France, while the two were touring. [4] [5]
The album has sold more than 100,000 copies. [1] Along with Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, it marked a return to commercial success for Guy. [6]
The album was produced by Didier Tricard. [7] Guy played acoustic Guild guitars and Wells played harmonica; they both sang. [8] [9] [3] Guy wrote three of the songs, including the opening "Give Me My Coat and Shoes". [10] Ten tracks were originally released via an import album. [2]
Rolling Stone called Alone & Acoustic "reflective and subdued," writing that "a warm spontaneity runs through the album." [17] Robert Christgau praised ""High Heel Sneakers" and "Give Me My Coat and Shoes". [13]
The Orlando Sentinel determined that Guy's playing "on 12-and six-string acoustics is uncomplicated but as awesome as any daredevil run he has played on his Stratocaster." [15] The Chicago Tribune thought that "the extroverted Guy now sounds like a soft, lyrical Mississippi bluesman virtually singing to himself … Wells remains a strong, dramatic, post-Muddy Waters singer, but the intimacy of the setting leads to his widening his already impressive dynamic range." [12]
AllMusic wrote that "this is acoustic street-corner blues at its best, performed with incredible expressiveness, ease, and joy." [11]
Alone & Acoustic | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 1991 |
Genre | Blues |
Label | Alligator [1] |
Producer | Didier Tricard |
Alone & Acoustic is an album by the blues musicians Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, released in 1991. [2] [3] It was recorded in 1981, in Paris, France, while the two were touring. [4] [5]
The album has sold more than 100,000 copies. [1] Along with Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, it marked a return to commercial success for Guy. [6]
The album was produced by Didier Tricard. [7] Guy played acoustic Guild guitars and Wells played harmonica; they both sang. [8] [9] [3] Guy wrote three of the songs, including the opening "Give Me My Coat and Shoes". [10] Ten tracks were originally released via an import album. [2]
Rolling Stone called Alone & Acoustic "reflective and subdued," writing that "a warm spontaneity runs through the album." [17] Robert Christgau praised ""High Heel Sneakers" and "Give Me My Coat and Shoes". [13]
The Orlando Sentinel determined that Guy's playing "on 12-and six-string acoustics is uncomplicated but as awesome as any daredevil run he has played on his Stratocaster." [15] The Chicago Tribune thought that "the extroverted Guy now sounds like a soft, lyrical Mississippi bluesman virtually singing to himself … Wells remains a strong, dramatic, post-Muddy Waters singer, but the intimacy of the setting leads to his widening his already impressive dynamic range." [12]
AllMusic wrote that "this is acoustic street-corner blues at its best, performed with incredible expressiveness, ease, and joy." [11]