Heavy Love (Buddy Guy album)

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Heavy Love
Heavy Love (Buddy Guy album) cover.jpg
Studio album by
Buddy Guy
Released1998
GenreBlues, blues rock
LabelSilvertone Records[1]
ProducerDavid Z
Buddy Guy chronology
As Good As It Gets
(1998) 		Heavy Love
(1998) 		Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Age4/4 stars[2]
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings2/4 stars[7]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[8]

Heavy Love is an album by the American blues musician Buddy Guy, released in 1998.[9][10] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Blues Album" category.[11]

The album peaked at No. 163 on the Billboard 200.[12]

Production[]

Produced by David Z, the album was recorded in Nashville.[13] In an attempt to get the album played on popular radio, Guy added synthetic drums and tape loops to some tracks.[14]

Jonny Lang duets with Guy on the album's lead single, "Midnight Train".[15]

Critical reception[]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album focuses on "tight songs, concise, off-kilter solos, funk-tinged grooves, and impassioned vocals."[6] The Daily Herald called "Did Somebody Make a Fool Outta You" "a mesmerizing piece of fretwork and utter soul."[16] The Chicago Tribune opined that "the methodical finale, 'Let Me Show You', showcases the singer's soft, tearful, underrated voice."[17]

AllMusic thought that "purists will cringe at the unabashed commercial concessions," but acknowledged that "Heavy Love works well when compared to the modern electric blues of the post-Stevie Ray Vaughan era, especially since Guy once again contributes some scorching solos."[3] (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the album "refreshingly modern, if uneven."[8]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Heavy Love"5:39
2."Midnight Train"5:21
3."I Got a Problem"5:17
4."I Need You Tonight"5:17
5."Saturday Night Fish Fry"5:29
6."Had a Bad Night"4:43
7."Are You Lonely For Me Baby"3:55
8."I Just Want to Make Love to You"3:25
9."Did Somebody Make a Fool Out of You"7:49
10."When the Time is Right"4:32
11."Let Me Show You"5:34

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Year in Blues". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1998 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Reilly, Terry (10 July 1998). "CD Reviews". The Age. Entertainment Guide. p. 10.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Heavy Love - Buddy Guy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Buddy Guy". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 49.CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Heavy Love". EW.com.
  7. ^ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. 2006. p. 235.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. pp. 352–353.
  9. ^ Clarke, John (13 June 1998). "Blues Choice". The Times. Features. p. 11.
  10. ^ Perry, Jonathan (May 22, 1998). "Damn Right, He's Buddy Guy". Rolling Stone.
  11. ^ "Buddy Guy". GRAMMY.com. December 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "Buddy Guy". Billboard.
  13. ^ "BUDDY GUY, TORCHBEARER FOR WINDY CITY BLUES". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ Sculley, Alan (17 Sep 1998). "BUDDY GUY TAKES BLUES TRADITION INTO THE `90S". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. GET OUT. p. 18.
  15. ^ "THE BIG GUY OF BLUES ON THREE STAGES". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  16. ^ Guarino, Mark. "Chicago Red Hots Smashing Pumpkins and Buddy Guy make it a summer of love". Daily Herald. Time Out. p. 4.
  17. ^ Knopper, Steve (7 June 1998). "BUDDY GUY". Chicago Tribune. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. p. 21.


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