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Love Comin' Down

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Love Comin' Down
Studio album by
Released2000
StudioBathouse
GenreBlues
Length48:33
LabelShanachie
ProducerColin Linden
Sue Foley chronology
Ten Days in November
(1998)
Love Comin' Down
(2000)
Back to the Blues
(2000)

Love Comin' Down is an album by the Canadian musician Sue Foley, released in 2000.[1][2] She supported it with a North American tour.[3] The album won a Maple Blues Award for recording of the year, as well as a Juno Award for best blues album.[4][5]

Production

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Produced by Colin Linden, the album was recorded at Bathouse Recording Studio.[6][7] Many of the songs were inspired by Foley's divorce.[8] Lucinda Williams contributed backing vocals to "Empty Cup".[9] "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')" is a cover of the song made famous by Barbara Lynn; Foley had toured with Lynn in the early 1990s.[8] "Same Thing" was written by Willie Dixon.[10] "You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree" is a cover of the Freddie King song.[11] "Mediterranean Breakfast" is an instrumental.[12]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeat[13]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[14]

The Charleston Gazette wrote that "Foley's scratchy voice has a raw, sexy swagger tempered with traces of Nina Simone-style cool."[15] The Province said that Foley "coos, barks, howls and plain soars with a newfound vocal confidence while her guitar burns through every track."[16] The Vancouver Sun noted that, "while some blues-oriented artists ultimately decide to glaze their sound with a radio-friendly gloss, Foley's wailing vocals and sepia-tinged blues standards continue to kick dirt in the generic face of the mainstream."[17]

The Daily Gleaner concluded that Foley's "picking has never been better, and her singing has never been more convincing in its rare combination of tenderness and fury."[18] The New York Times called Love Comin' Down a "fine, swampy album".[19] The Hartford Courant stated that the songs "have a vintage, uncluttered feel—there are no fancy studio tricks, just solid musicianship".[20]

Track listing

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Love Comin' Down track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Two Trains"4:32
2."Empty Cup"4:46
3."Love Comin' Down"4:20
4."You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree"3:27
5."Same Thing"5:34
6."Let My Tears Fall Down"3:12
7."Let Me Drive"2:39
8."To Be Next to You"4:09
9."Mediterranean Breakfast"4:29
10."Am I Worthy"2:52
11."Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')"4:43
12."How Strong"3:50
Total length:48:33

References

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  1. ^ Komara, Edward M. (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues: A-J. Routledge. p. 335.
  2. ^ Regenstreif, Mike (June 15, 2000). "Blues". The Gazette. Montreal. p. C15.
  3. ^ Hay, Carla (June 10, 2000). "Foley's Roots". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 24. p. 28.
  4. ^ "Guitarist Foley dominates Maple Blues Awards show". Entertainment. The Kingston Whig-Standard. February 7, 2001. p. 26.
  5. ^ Caldwell, Rebecca (March 5, 2001). "Furtado takes home four big ones". The Globe and Mail. p. A13.
  6. ^ Fuller, Cam (June 22, 2000). "Foley singing the blues". The StarPhoenix. p. C1.
  7. ^ Smiderle, Wes (May 25, 2000). "A personal thing". The Ottawa Citizen. p. E3.
  8. ^ a b Chamberlain, Adrian (May 19, 2000). "Bad Love, Great Blues". Times Colonist. p. D1.
  9. ^ North, Peter (June 28, 2000). "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, Foley reasoned when heading west". Edmonton Journal. p. C3.
  10. ^ Moser, Margaret (June 16, 2000). "Sue Foley Love Comin' Down". Music. The Austin Chronicle.
  11. ^ Dicaire, David (2015). More Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century. McFarland, Inc. p. 197.
  12. ^ Hughes, Andrew S. (October 6, 2000). "Sue Foley, another critical favorite...". Home. South Bend Tribune. p. 1.
  13. ^ Hadley, Frank-John (November 2000). "Sue Foley: Love Comin' Down". DownBeat. Vol. 67, no. 11. p. 68.
  14. ^ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 195.
  15. ^ Friedman, Michael Shannon (June 29, 2000). "Gut-punch grit". The Charleston Gazette. p. 3D.
  16. ^ McLaughlin, John P. (June 29, 2000). "Respectful to music but no retro act". The Province. p. B24.
  17. ^ Gold, Kerry (June 29, 2000). "Sue Foley Love Comin' Down". The Vancouver Sun. p. C24.
  18. ^ Langmaid, Wilfred (July 1, 2000). "Sue Foley: Love Comin' Down". Life. The Daily Gleaner.
  19. ^ Jennings, Dana (August 13, 2000). "They Have a Right to Sing the Blues, and a Reason". The New York Times. p. 2.27.
  20. ^ Danton, Eric R. (December 7, 2000). "Love Comin' Down Sue Foley". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 6.