For his seventh studio album, guitar wiz Joe Bonamassa has chosen to work again with producer Kevin Shirley, who produced the highly successful and huge-sounding You & Me for Bonamassa in 2006. This outing, though, is far from a ditto session, with a much more acoustic feel and a greater focus on Bonamassa’s singing, which unfortunately has been generally (and unfairly) overshadowed by his guitar playing.
1. Ball Peen Hammer [Whitley] (3:27)
2. One of These Days [Bonamassa] (5:40)
3. Seagull [Ralphs, Rodgers] (3:49)
4. Dirt in My Pocket [Bonamassa, Huff] (4:54)
5. Sloe Gin [Ezrin, Kamen] (8:13)
6. Another Kind of Love [Mayall] (3:10)
7. Around the Bend [Bonamassa, Jennings] (5:15)
8. Black Night [Brown] (4:22)
9. Jelly Roll [Martyn] (2:12)
10. Richmond [Bonamassa, Himelstein] (4:31)
11. India [Bonamassa, Melick] (3:19)
Joe Bonamassa – Vocals, Guitars
Carmine Rojas – Bass
Anton Fig – Drums & Bag of Percussion
Rick Melick – Keyboards & Tabla
Bogie Bowles – Drums on track 3 and Hammer Dulcimer
Jeff Bova – Orchestral Arrangements
The Bovaland Symphonic Orchestra – Strings