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I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)

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I'm Ready
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1978 (1978-01)
RecordedWestport, Connecticut, October–November 1977
GenreBlues
Length56:18
LabelBlue Sky
ProducerJohnny Winter
Muddy Waters chronology
Hard Again
(1977)
I'm Ready
(1978)
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB[3]
The Village VoiceB+[4]

I'm Ready is a studio album by Chicago blues veteran Muddy Waters. The second of his Johnny Winter-produced albums for the Blue Sky Records label, I'm Ready was issued one year after he found renewed commercial and critical success with Hard Again and earned him a Grammy Award in 1978.[5] It was reissued in 2004 by the Epic/Legacy label with three additional songs.

Track listing

All tracks are composed by Muddy Waters (listed as McKinley Morganfield), except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon)3:26
2."33 Years" (Morganfield, Charles Edward Williams)5:20
3."Who Do You Trust"5:00
4."Copper Brown" (Morganfield, Marva Brooks)4:58
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (Dixon)3:59
2."Mamie" (Morganfield, Jimmy Rogers)5:35
3."Rock Me"3:54
4."Screamin' and Cryin'"5:04
5."Good Morning, Little School Girl" (Sonny Boy Williamson)3:27
2004 Epic CD reissue extra tracks
No.TitleLength
10."No Escape From The Blues" (Morganfield, Williams)6:18
11."That's Alright" (Rogers)4:58
12."Lonely Man Blues" (Morganfield, Bob Margolin)4:19

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Keith A. "Review: I'm Ready". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2004). "Muddy Waters: 'Hard Again'; 'I'm Ready'; 'King Bee'". Blender (June/July). New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 27, 1978). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ "Grammy Award Winners". The Recording Academy. 1978. Retrieved October 13, 2009.