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I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)

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I'm Ready
I'm Ready Muddy Waters.jpg
Studio album by
Muddy Waters
ReleasedJanuary 1978 (1978-01)
RecordedWestport, Connecticut, October–November 1977
Genre Blues
Length40:43
Label Blue Sky
Producer Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters chronology
Hard Again
(1977)		I'm Ready
(1978)		 Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live
(1979)

I'm Ready is a studio album by the Chicago blues musician Muddy Waters. The second of his Johnny Winter-produced albums for the Blue Sky Records label, I'm Ready was issued one year after he found renewed commercial and critical success with Hard Again . The album earned Waters a Grammy Award in 1978. [1] It was reissued in 2004 by the Epic/Legacy, with three additional songs.

Contents

Background

Following his work on the previous album Hard Again (1977), Johnny Winter was again brought on as producer. [2] The recording featured Jimmy Rogers and Big Walter Horton, both of whom had previously performed with Waters. Rogers had also participated in the original 1954 recording of "I'm Ready". [3] At the time, Bob Margolin, who had been playing guitar in Waters' touring band, felt there was no room for him on this album due to the presence of three guitarists, Waters, Winter, and Rogers, but ultimately joined as bassist at Waters' suggestion.

The 2004 remastered CD included the bonus tracks "No Escape from the Blues", "That's All Right", and "Lonely Man Blues", all of which were outtakes from the sessions recorded for this album. On "That's All Right", Rogers also performed vocals. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Christgau's Record Guide B [7]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Village Voice B+ [10]

The Bay State Banner wrote that "the sharp distinctive tuning and chromatic slurs that mark his playing are still here, even though Waters now takes few slide guitar solos." [11]

Track listing

All tracks are composed by Muddy Waters (listed as McKinley Morganfield), except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Ready" Willie Dixon 3:26
2."33 Years"Morganfield, Charles Edward Williams5:20
3."Who Do You Trust" 5:00
4."Copper Brown"Morganfield, Marva Brooks4:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"Dixon3:59
2."Mamie"Morganfield, Jimmy Rogers 5:35
3."Rock Me" 3:54
4."Screamin' and Cryin'" 5:04
5."Good Morning, Little School Girl" Sonny Boy Williamson 3:27
2004 Epic CD reissue extra tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."No Escape from the Blues"Morganfield, Williams6:18
11."That's Alright"Rogers4:58
12."Lonely Man Blues"Morganfield, Bob Margolin 4:19

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Grammy Award Winners". The Recording Academy . 1978. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Muddy Waters - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ Janovitz, Bill. "I'm Ready - Muddy Waters - Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ the complete muddy waters discography (.pdf format) - Compiled by Phil Wight and Fred Rothwell - 2019年4月28日閲覧。
  5. ↑ Gordon, Keith A. "Review: I'm Ready". AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2009.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2004). "Muddy Waters: 'Hard Again'; 'I'm Ready'; 'King Bee'". Blender (June/July). New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 22, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  8. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 484. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  9. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 753, 755.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 27, 1978). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015– via robertchristgau.com.
  11. ↑ Wynn, Ron (July 6, 1978). "Improvisation". Bay State Banner. No. 39. p. 15.
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