Bumps & Bruises (Joe Tex album)
Bumps & Bruises | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Genre | R&B, soul | |||
Label | Epic Records PE 34666[1] | |||
Producer | Buddy Killen | |||
Joe Tex chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | B+[3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [5] |
Bumps & Bruises is an album by the American R&B musician Joe Tex, released in 1977 via Epic Records.[6][7]
The album peaked at No. 108 on the Billboard 200.[8] "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" was Tex's last major hit, making the top 10 on the R&B chart and the top 20 on the pop chart.[9] The song reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[10]
Production[]
The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Buddy Killen.[11]
Critical reception[]
Robert Christgau praised the "very punchy dance tracks by James Brown out of Stax-Volt," and called Bumps & Bruises "amazingly rich and spirited for a comeback album off a freak hit."[3] The Bay State Banner wrote that it, along with Millie Jackson's Feelin' Bitchy, "kept fans of well-told tales in stitches with Southern country-soul's best blues yarns in years."[12] New Times wrote that "the rebirth of Southern Soul ... is complete with the return of the great Joe Tex ... one of his strongest sets."[13]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide deemed the album a "charmingly anachronistic [LP] spurred by a hot Nashville session band."[5]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" | 6:45 |
2. | "Leaving You Dinner" | 3:21 |
3. | "Be Cool (Willie Is Dancing With A Sissy)" | 5:29 |
4. | "I Mess Up Everything I Get My Hands On" | 3:05 |
5. | "We Held On" | 3:24 |
6. | "I Almost Got To Heaven Once" | 3:54 |
7. | "Hungry For Your Love" | 4:02 |
8. | "Jump Bad" | 3:57 |
9. | "There's Something Wrong" | 2:44 |
References[]
- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bumps & Bruises - Joe Tex | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Joe Tex". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 104.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 508.
- ^ Ford, Lynn (28 May 1977). "'Ain't gonna bump no more...'". The Indianapolis Recorder. p. 12.
- ^ "Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. June 2, 1977 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Joe Tex". Billboard.
- ^ "Joe Tex | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Joe Tex". Official Charts. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ Hoskyns, Barney (2018). Say It One Time For The Brokenhearted: Country Soul In The American South. BMG Books. p. 204.
- ^ Freedberg, Mike (29 Dec 1977). "Music 1977". Bay State Banner (12). p. 8.
- ^ Miller, Jim (July 8, 1977). "Records". New Times. 9: 64.
- 1977 albums
- Epic Records albums
- Joe Tex albums