| Down Two Then Left | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1977 | |||
| Studio | Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul | |||
| Length | 43:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Joe Wissert | |||
| Boz Scaggs chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  
[1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | 
[3] |
| Variety | (favourable) [4] |
Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200. [5] This album is notable for featuring the first studio work done by Steve Lukather.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Still Falling for You" | Boz Scaggs | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Hard Times" | Scaggs | 4:30 |
| 3. | "A Clue" | Scaggs | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" | Scaggs, Jai Winding | 3:54 |
| 5. | "We're Waiting" | Scaggs, Michael Omartian | 6:24 |
| 6. | "Hollywood" | Boz Scaggs, Michael Omartian | 3:10 |
| 7. | "Then She Walked Away" | Scaggs, Omartian | 4:06 |
| 8. | "Gimme the Goods" | Scaggs, Omartian | 4:15 |
| 9. | "1993" | Scaggs, Omartian | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Tomorrow Never Came" | Scaggs, Michael Omartian | 4:41 |
| Total length: | 43:02 | ||
Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.
Charts
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia ( ARIA) [15] | 2× Platinum | 100,000^ |
|
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
- Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
- Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
- Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
- Jay Graydon – guitars, guitar solo (7)
- David Hungate – bass (1)
- Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
- Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
- Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
- Alan Estes – congas (4)
- Don Menza – saxophones
- Fred Selden – saxophones, flute
- Ernie Watts – saxophones
- Dana Hughes – trombone
- Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Barbara Korn – French horn
- David Duke – French horn
- Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
- Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5-7), voices (verses, 4)
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
- John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
- Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
- Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
- Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
- Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
- Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
- Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
- Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
- Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
- Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Producer – Joe Wissert
- Engineer – Tom Perry
- Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
- Design – Nancy Donald
- Photography – Guy Bourdin (features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant) [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
References
- ^ Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-026-6. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.
- ^ "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 298, no. 4. 30 November 1977. p. 58. ProQuest 1401321975.
- ^ "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5465a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Boz Scaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- ^ "Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Cash Box Newspaper". Cash Box. March 25, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 October 2010.
-
^ Egan, Bob.
"DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia)". PopSpotsNYC. Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
. . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com
- ^ Turnbull, Martin (November 17, 2012). "Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Turnbull, Martin. "Spotlight on…Romanoff's". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "romanoffs-beverly-hills". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "legendary bevelry hills restaurant romanoffs". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Sessiondays. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
External links
- Down Two Then Left lyrics
- Down Two Then Left magazine ad
| Down Two Then Left | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1977 | |||
| Studio | Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul | |||
| Length | 43:02 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Joe Wissert | |||
| Boz Scaggs chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
[1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
[3] |
| Variety | (favourable) [4] |
Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200. [5] This album is notable for featuring the first studio work done by Steve Lukather.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Still Falling for You" | Boz Scaggs | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Hard Times" | Scaggs | 4:30 |
| 3. | "A Clue" | Scaggs | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" | Scaggs, Jai Winding | 3:54 |
| 5. | "We're Waiting" | Scaggs, Michael Omartian | 6:24 |
| 6. | "Hollywood" | Boz Scaggs, Michael Omartian | 3:10 |
| 7. | "Then She Walked Away" | Scaggs, Omartian | 4:06 |
| 8. | "Gimme the Goods" | Scaggs, Omartian | 4:15 |
| 9. | "1993" | Scaggs, Omartian | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Tomorrow Never Came" | Scaggs, Michael Omartian | 4:41 |
| Total length: | 43:02 | ||
Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.
Charts
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia ( ARIA) [15] | 2× Platinum | 100,000^ |
|
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
- Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
- Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
- Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
- Jay Graydon – guitars, guitar solo (7)
- David Hungate – bass (1)
- Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
- Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
- Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
- Alan Estes – congas (4)
- Don Menza – saxophones
- Fred Selden – saxophones, flute
- Ernie Watts – saxophones
- Dana Hughes – trombone
- Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Barbara Korn – French horn
- David Duke – French horn
- Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
- Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5-7), voices (verses, 4)
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
- John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
- Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
- Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
- Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
- Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
- Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
- Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
- Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
- Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
- Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Producer – Joe Wissert
- Engineer – Tom Perry
- Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
- Design – Nancy Donald
- Photography – Guy Bourdin (features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant) [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
References
- ^ Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-026-6. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.
- ^ "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 298, no. 4. 30 November 1977. p. 58. ProQuest 1401321975.
- ^ "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5465a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Boz Scaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- ^ "Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Cash Box Newspaper". Cash Box. March 25, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 October 2010.
-
^ Egan, Bob.
"DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia)". PopSpotsNYC. Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
. . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com
- ^ Turnbull, Martin (November 17, 2012). "Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Turnbull, Martin. "Spotlight on…Romanoff's". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "romanoffs-beverly-hills". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "legendary bevelry hills restaurant romanoffs". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Sessiondays. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
External links
- Down Two Then Left lyrics
- Down Two Then Left magazine ad