Down Two Then Left

Down Two Then Left
Studio album by Boz Scaggs
Released	November 1977
Studio	Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Length	42:21
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joseph Wissert
Boz Scaggs chronology
Silk Degrees (1976) Down Two Then Left (1977) Middle Man (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B
Variety	(favourable)

Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated.

Side One

1. "Still Falling for You" – 3:52
2. "Hard Times" – 4:26
3. "A Clue" – 3:53
4. "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" (Scaggs, Jai Winding) – 3:50
5. "We're Waiting" (Michael Omartian, Scaggs) – 6:19

Side Two

1. "Hollywood" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 3:08
2. "Then She Walked Away" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:04
3. "Gimme the Goods" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:11
4. "1993" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:01
5. "Tomorrow Never Came/Tomorrow Never Came (Reprise)" – 4:38

Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.

Personnel

• Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
• Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
• Jay Graydon – guitar, guitar solo (7)
• Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
• Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
• David Hungate – bass (1)
• Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
• Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
• Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
• Alan Estes – congas (4)
• Don Menza – saxophone
• Fred Selden – saxophone, flute
• Ernie Watts – saxophone
• Dana Hughes – trombone
• Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Barbara Korn – French horn
• David Duke – French horn
• Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
• Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5, 6, 7), voices (verses, 4)
• Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
• John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
• Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
• Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
• Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
• Phyllis Saint James – backing vocals (3, 7)
• Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
• Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
• Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
• Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
• Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
• Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Producer – Joe Wissert
• Engineer – Tom Perry
• Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
• Design – Nancy Donald
• Photography – Guy Bourdin
• Management – Irving Azoff

External links

• Down Two Then Left lyrics