Driving Towards the Daylight
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| Driving Towards the Daylight | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 22, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | The Palms, Las Vegas, NV; The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA; The Cave, Malibu, CA | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 56:19[1] | |||
| Label | Provogue Records J&R Records/Fontana | |||
| Producer | Kevin Shirley | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Classic Rock |   [3] |
| Financial Times | [4] |
| The Independent | (not rated)[5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
Driving Towards the Daylight is the tenth studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, released on May 22, 2012. Recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA and Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV, Driving Towards the Daylight is a balanced and "back-to-basics album that highlights Bonamassa’s signature style of blues, roots, and rock & roll".[7] Driving Towards the Daylight was produced by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin), making this Bonamassa and Shirley's seventh album collaboration in six years.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dislocated Boy" | Joe Bonamassa | 6:40 |
| 2. | "Stones in My Passway" (Originally recorded by Robert Johnson) | Robert Johnson | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Driving Towards the Daylight" | Bonamassa, Danny Kortchmar | 4:50 |
| 4. | "Who's Been Talking?" (Originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf) | Chester Burnett | 3:28 |
| 5. | "I Got All You Need" (Originally recorded by Koko Taylor) | Willie Dixon | 3:04 |
| 6. | "A Place in My Heart" (Originally recorded by Bernie Marsden) | Bernie Marsden | 6:48 |
| 7. | "Lonely Town Lonely Street" (Originally recorded by Bill Withers) | Bill Withers | 7:08 |
| 8. | "Heavenly Soul" | Bonamassa | 5:55 |
| 9. | "New Coat of Paint" (Originally recorded by Tom Waits) | Tom Waits | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Somewhere Trouble Don't Go" (Originally recorded by Buddy Miller) | Buddy Miller† | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" (feat. Jimmy Barnes; originally recorded by Jimmy Barnes) | Jimmy Barnes, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, Randy Jackson, Tony Brock | 5:37 |
- ^† — erroneously listed as a Joe Bonamassa composition in the Driving Towards the Daylight CD booklet.
Personnel
Musicians
- Joe Bonamassa – guitar (all tracks), vocals (all tracks except 11), Dobro (track 1), mandolin (track 8), backing vocals (track 11)
- Anton Fig – drums and percussion (all tracks)
- Arlan Schierbaum – organ (all tracks except 2), piano (tracks 2, 3, 7, 10 and 11)
- Kevin Shirley – guitar (tracks 2 and 6), tambourine (tracks 4 and 7), toy piano (track 1), cowbell (track 10), percussion (track 11)
- Brad Whitford – guitar (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 and 11)
- Michael Rhodes – bass (tracks 1–4, 7, 9 and 11)
- Doug Henthorn – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 8, 10 and 11)
- Carmine Rojas – bass (tracks 5, 6, 8 and 10)
- Blondie Chaplin – guitar (tracks 5, 6 and 8)
Additional musicians
- Harrison Whitford – guitar (track 3)
- Jeff Bova and The Bovaland Brass – horns (track 6)
- Pat Thrall – guitar (track 7)
- Jimmy Barnes – vocals (track 11)
Production
- Kevin Shirley – producer, mixing.
- Mark Gray – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 and 11)
- Chris Owens – engineering (tracks 5, 6, 8 and 10)
- Jared Kvitka – additional engineering
- Leon Zervos – mastering
- Marcus Bird – photography and direction
- Dennis Friel – design, illustrations
- Rick Gould – photographer
Chart performance
The album debuted at number 2 in the UK.[9] This constitutes the highest performance to date of a Joe Bonamassa album on a non-blues- or rock-specific chart.[10] In Canada, the album debuted at number 55.[11] In the U.S. the album debuted at number 1 on the Blues albums chart and number 23 on the Billboard 200.
References
- ^ "amazon.com". Amazon.
- ^ Horowitz, Hal. "Driving Towards the Daylight – Joe Bonamassa". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ Jeffries, Neil (July 2012). "Joe Bonamassa – Driving Towards the Daylight". Classic Rock. No. 172. p. 96.
- ^ "Joe Bonamassa: Driving Towards the Daylight". Financial Times. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ Coleman, Nick (May 20, 2012). "Album: Joe Bonamassa, Driving Towards the Daylight (Mascot/Provogue) – Reviews – Music – The Independent". The Independent. London: INM. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ^ Hunter, James (June 4, 2012). "Driving Towards the Daylight | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone". rollingstone.com. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ^ "Win a SIGNED Joe Bonamassa Les Paul". Planet Rock. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ Joe Bonamassa new album press release Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, by Noble PR.
- ^ [1] Official Charts Company Archive. Retrieved May 28, 2012
- ^ [2] Billboard Artist Chart History. Retrieved May 28, 2012
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
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