Really (album)
| Really | ||||
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| Studio album by J.J. Cale | ||||
| Released | 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded |
April – July 1972 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama (track 1) Quadrophonic Studio, Nashville Tennessee (tracks 2-4) Quinvy Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama (tracks 5,9) Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee (tracks 6,7,10,12) Moss Rose Studio, Nashville Tennessee (tracks 8,11) | |||
| Genre | Blues, Americana, Tulsa Sound | |||
| Length | 30:55 | |||
| Label |
UK: A&M USA: Shelter | |||
| Producer | Audie Ashworth | |||
| J.J. Cale chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[3] |
Really is the second album by J.J. Cale. It was released in 1973.
Background
Really was produced by Audie Ashworth, who would go on to produce Cale until 1983. Cale was very proud that bluegrass musicians Uncle Josh Graves and Vassar Clements played on Really, later recalling to Derek Halsey of Swampland.com in 2004, "That was one of the highlights of my life, man. We recorded that out at Bradley’s Barn, and I was a big fan of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. And, of course, Josh was the Dobro player on that stuff, and Vassar was 'Mister bluegrass fiddle player', and both of those guys came out to the studio and played that day. They were like Buddy Emmons in the studio; they were so good you just kind of quit playing and dug what they were playing."[4]
In 2009 the album was re-released, with Naturally, as a French exclusive 24-track 2-CD album set, as part of Universal Records' '2 For 1' series.
Track listing
All tracks written by JJ Cale unless otherwise indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lies" | 2:56 | |
| 2. | "Everything Will Be Alright" | 3:15 | |
| 3. | "I'll Kiss the World Goodbye" | 1:47 | |
| 4. | "Changes" | 2:25 | |
| 5. | "Right Down Here" | 3:14 | |
| 6. | "If You're Ever in Oklahoma" | 2:06 | |
| 7. | "Ridin' Home" | 2:39 | |
| 8. | "Goin' Down" | Don Nix | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Soulin'" | 2:19 | |
| 10. | "Playing in the Street" | 1:51 | |
| 11. | "Mojo" | McKinley Morganfield | 2:29 |
| 12. | "Louisiana Women" | 2:56 |
Personnel
- JJ Cale – guitar, vocals
- Barry Beckett – piano
- Bill Boatman – guitar
- David Briggs – piano
- Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
- Jimmy Capps – guitar
- Vassar Clements – violin
- Kossie Gardner – organ
- Mac Gayden – guitar
- Gary Gilmore – bass guitar
- Josh Graves – dobro
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Bob Holmes – harmony vocal
- David Hood – bass guitar
- Bill Humble – trombone
- Jimmy Johnson – guitar
- Jim Karstein – drums
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica
- Farrell Morris – percussion, congas, drums
- Bob Phillips – trumpet
- Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
- Bob Ray – bass guitar
- Norman Ray Bass – saxophone, vocals
- Don Sheffield – trumpet
- George Soulé – drums
- Robert Tarrant – congas
- Bobby Woods – piano
- Joe Zinkan – bass guitar
Notes
- ↑ "Music". JJ Cale official website. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ Halsey, Derek (October 2004). "JJ Cale interview". Swampland. Retrieved August 22, 2016.