Living Proof (Buddy Guy album)

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[2]
Review scores
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Allmusic[3]
Billboard(favourable)[4]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Classic Rock[7]

Living Proof is Buddy Guy's 26th studio album. After nearly fifty years in the music business, this was Buddy's highest charting album ever (until the release of Rhythm & Blues in 2013), peaking at No. 46 on the main Billboard album chart. It won the 2011 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album.[8]

The album loosely follows the progression of Buddy Guy's life. "Living Proof was designed partially as an aural autobiography from the legendary Buddy Guy, opening up with the stark summation “74 Years Young,” then running through songs that often address some aspect of a working musician's life."[3]

Musicians

Personnel

  • Tom Hambridge - Producer
  • Vance Powell, John Netti, Jim Reitzel, Rob Root, Colin Linden, Michael St. Leon – Engineers
  • Ducky Carlisle – Mixing Engineer
  • Nick Autry – Assistant Engineer, Production Assistant
  • Mike Rooney, Joel Margolis – Assistant Engineers
  • Gilbert Garza – Guitar Tech
  • Ray Kennedy – Mastering

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."74 Years Young"Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson4:34[3]
2."Thank Me Someday"Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge5:42
3."On the Road"Richard Fleming, Hambridge4:11
4."Stay Around a Little Longer" (feat. B.B. King)Tom Hambridge, Nicholson5:00
5."Key Don't Fit"Tom Hambridge, Nicholson5:02
6."Living Proof"Tom Hambridge3:45
7."Where the Blues Begins" (feat. Carlos Santana)Tom Hambridge, Nicholson4:37
8."Too Soon"Fleming, Guy, Tom Hambridge3:26
9."Everybody's Got to Go"Fleming, Guy, Tom Hambridge3:57
10."Let the Door Knob Hit Ya"Guy, Tom Hambridge3:44
11."Guess What"Fleming, Tom Hambridge5:44
12."Skanky"Guy, Tom Hambridge4:16

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 126
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 75
US Billboard 200[12] 46
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[13] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14] 10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[15] 8

References

  1. ^ "Stay Around a Little Longer". iTunes. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  2. ^ "Living Proof Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
  3. ^ a b c Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Living Proof Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary (15 October 2010). "Buddy Guy, "Living Proof"". Billboard. Retrieved 11 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (22 October 2010). "Album review: Buddy Guy, 'Living Proof'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Kemp, Mark (26 October 2010). "Living Proof by Buddy Guy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Murray, Charles Shaar (January 2011). "Buddy Guy – Living Proof". Classic Rock. Vol. 153. London, UK: Future plc. pp. 106–107. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  8. ^ "And The GRAMMY Went To ... Buddy Guy". Grammy.org. February 25, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  9. ^ "Living Proof Credits". All Music Guide. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Lescharts.com – Buddy Guy – Living Proof". Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Buddy Guy – Living Proof". Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Buddy Guy Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
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