The Howlin 'Wolf album

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The Howlin 'Wolf album
Howlin 'Wolf's studio album

Publication
(s)

1969

Label (s) Cadet Concept

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Blues , psychedelic rock

Title (number)

10

running time

40m 59s

occupation
  • Louis Satterfield - bass

Studio (s)

November 1968

chronology
Howlin 'Wolf
(1962) 		The Howlin 'Wolf album Message to the Young
(1970)

The Howlin 'Wolf Album is the third studio album by the US blues musician Howlin' Wolf , released in 1969 on Cadet Records .

The material recorded in November 1968 consists mainly of re-recordings of older songs by Wolf. Musically, the album mixes blues music with psychedelic rock . Howlin 'Wolf didn't like the album at all, as Cadet Records points out on the album cover, which only contains the statement in black and white: This is Howlin' Wolf's new album. He doesn't like it. He didn't like his electric guitar at first either. (German: This is Howlin 'Wolf's new album. He doesn't like it. He didn't like his electric guitar at first either. )

Work on the album began in 1968 when Chess Records wanted to adapt the sound of their two biggest draft horses to the zeitgeist . The result was the albums Electric Mud by Muddy Waters and The Howlin 'Wolf Album . The producer of both recordings was Marshall Chess, the son and grandson of the legendary Chess brothers Leonard and Phil . Howlin 'Wolf didn't like the new sound of his songs and he didn't think it was still blues music either. Wolf's dislike of the album went so far that he called it "dog shit".

According to Chess Records, the note on the album cover that Wolf did not like the album was one of the reasons that the record sold poorly. They ended up calling this type of advertising an experiment.

In fact, The Howlin 'Wolf album didn't sell as well as Waters' Electric Mud . It ranked 69th on the Billboard Black Album Charts and had a single with the re-entry of Evil , which was ranked 43rd on the R&B Singles Chart. The critics also rated The Howlin 'Wolf Album worse than Wolf's previous work. Allmusic currently rates it with only two out of five possible stars.

Track list

  1. Spoonful ( Willie Dixon ) - 3:52
  2. Tail Dragger (Dixon) - 4:33
  3. Smokestack Lightning (Howlin 'Wolf) - 3:56
  4. Moanin 'at Midnight (Howlin' Wolf) - 3:15
  5. Built for Comfort (Dixon) - 5:11
  6. The Red Rooster (Dixon) - 3:50
  7. Evil (Dixon) - 4:06
  8. Down in the Bottom (Dixon) - 2:45
  9. Three Hundred Pounds of Joy (Dixon) - 2:35
  10. Back Door Man (Dixon) - 6:51

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Segrest, James; Hoffman, Mark (2005). "Change My Way". Moanin 'at Midnight. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 248. ISBN 1-56025-683-4 .
  2. ↑ Segrest, James; Hoffman, Mark (2005). "Change My Way". Moanin 'at Midnight. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 248. ISBN 1-56025-683-4 .
  3. ^ Murray, Charles Shaar (1991). "Blue are the Life-giving Waters". Crosstown traffic: Jimi Hendrix and the post-war rock'n'roll revolution. Macmillan. p. 134. ISBN 0-312-06324-5 .
  4. ↑ Segrest, James; Hoffman, Mark (2005). "Change My Way". Moanin 'at Midnight. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 248. ISBN 1-56025-683-4 .
  5. ↑ Segrest, James; Hoffman, Mark (2005). "Change My Way". Moanin 'at Midnight. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 248. ISBN 1-56025-683-4 .
  6. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-howlin-wolfs-new-album-mw0000546845