A Fool To Care is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Boz Scaggs. It was released in the US on March 31, 2015, and in the UK on March 30, 2015, on 429 Records. The album was the second in a three-album series celebrating American roots music (Memphis being released in 2013 and Out of the Blues in 2018).
Critical reception
Rolling Stone writes, "These 12 songs map out a concise history of American soul, with a heavy dose of New Orleans strut... Backed throughout by a stellar group of studio aces — guitarist Ray Parker Jr., bassist Willie Weeks and drummer Steve Jordan, who also produced the album — Scaggs’ well-worn, textured voice deftly navigates this range of styles."[2]
Blues Rock Review writes, "On each song, Scaggs puts his decades of experience and emotional connections to American roots music to work, producing a collection that stands as one of this year’s best blues records to date."[3]
Track listing
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Rich Woman"
Dorothy LaBostrie / McKinley Millet
2:59
2.
"I'm a Fool to Care"
Ted Daffan
2:06
3.
"Hell to Pay"
Boz Scaggs
6:16
4.
"Small Town Talk"
Rick Danko / Robert Guidry
3:41
5.
"Last Tango on 16th Street"
Jack "Applejack" Walroth
6:26
6.
"There's a Storm A' Comin'"
Richard Hawley
4:14
7.
"I'm So Proud"
Curtis Mayfield
3:38
8.
"I Want to See You"
Jack "Applejack" Walroth
5:42
9.
"High Blood Pressure"
Huey P. Smith
3:35
10.
"Full of Fire" (featuring The Love Sponge Strings)
Al Green / Mabon "Teenie" Hodges / Willie Mitchell
4:18
11.
"Love Don't Love Nobody" (featuring The Love Sponge Strings)