Idle Hours (album)

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Idle Hours
Idle Hours (album).jpg
Studio album by
Lonnie Johnson with Victoria Spivey
Released1961
RecordedJuly 13, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreBlues
Length40:43
LabelBluesville
BVLP 1044
ProducerChris Albertson
Lonnie Johnson chronology
Losing Game
(1961) 		Idle Hours
(1961) 		Another Night to Cry
(1962)
Victoria Spivey chronology
Idle Hours
(1961) 		Songs We Taught Your Mother
(1962)

Idle Hours is an album by blues musicians Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey, recorded in 1962 and released on the Bluesville label.[1][2][3]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings3/4 stars[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 stars[6]

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Johnson and Victoria Spivey had known one another for decades, so it's no surprise that their musical repartee on 1961's Idle Hours seems so natural and playful".[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Lonnie Johnson except where noted

  1. "Darling, I Miss You So" – 3:23
  2. "Long Time Blues" – 4:35
  3. "You Are My Life" – 3:38
  4. "Oh Yes Baby" – 2:43
  5. "Please Baby" – 2:52
  6. "Leave Me or Love Me" – 2:57
  7. "Idle Hours" (Spivey) – 3:30
  8. "You Have No Love in Your Heart" – 3:51
  9. "Good Luck Darling" – 3:20
  10. "No More Cryin'" – 3:35
  11. "I Got the Blues So Bad" (Spivey) – 3:03
  12. "End It All" – 3:16

Personnel[]

Performance[]

Production[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed October 30, 2018
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed October 30, 2018
  3. ^ Wirz' American Music: Lonnie Johnson discography accessed October 30, 2018
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Dahl, Bill. Lonnie Johnson / Victoria Spivey: Idle Hours – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  6. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 375–376.
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