Joe_Bonamassa-Blues_Of_Desperation-(Deluxe_Edition)-2016-404

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2016-03-29

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Artist: Joe Bonamassa
Album: Blues Of Desperation
Bitrate: 261kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Provogue
Genre: Blues
Size: 121.55 megs
PlayTime: 1h 01min 41sec total
Rip Date: 2016-03-29
Store Date: 2016-03-25

Track List:
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01. This Train                       4:20
02. Mountain Climbing                5:43
03. Drive                            5:47
04. No Good Place For The Lonely     8:38
05. Blues Of Desperation             6:27
06. The Valley Runs Low              4:03
07. You Left Me Nothin' But The      4:10
    Bill And The Blues
08. Distant Lonesome Train           5:53
09. How Deep This River Runs         6:30
10. Livin' Easy                      4:37
11. What I've Known For A Very Long  5:33
    Time

Release Notes:
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Despite its hardscrabble title -- a sentiment mirrored by the deeply etched
black & white cover art -- 2016's Blues of Desperation is very much a
continuation of the bright, varied blues-rock heard on Different Shades of Blue.
On that 2014 album, Joe Bonamassa made a conscious decision to pair with a bunch
of Nashville songsmiths to help sharpen his original material, and he brings
most of them back for Blues of Desperation, too. The tenor of the tunes is
somewhat heavy -- there are lonesome trains, low valleys, no places for the
lonely -- and the production also carries a ballast, something that comes into
sharp relief on the Zep-flavored title track but can be heard throughout the
record. Often, he returns to this revved-up blues -- something that's more
appealing when it boogies ("You Left Me Nothin' But the Bill and the Blues")
than when it slams ("Distant Lonesome Train") -- and while that anchors the bulk
of the record, the moments that linger are the departures. Usually, this arrives
in the form of some flirtation with soul -- it's an undercurrent on "No Good
Place for the Lonely" but it comes to the surface on the gilded "The Valley Runs
Low" -- but the most fun is the vintage New Orleans shuffle of "Livin' Easy," a
song that suggests Bonamassa may have surprises in store if he ever decides to
shelve his trusty Les Pauls for the course of a full record.

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