Woman Across the River | ||||
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Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | Blues, Texas blues | |||
Length | 39:04 | |||
Label | Shelter[1] | |||
Producer | Leon Russell | |||
Freddie King chronology | ||||
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Woman Across the River is an album by the American blues musician Freddie King, released in 1973.[2] It was the last of three albums King made for Shelter Records.[3] King's three Shelter albums were re-released as a collection titled King of the Blues.[4]
The album peaked at No. 158 on the Billboard 200.[5]
Like King's first two Shelter albums, Woman Across the River was produced by label head Leon Russell.[2] King was backed by many session musicians, including Carl Radle on bass and Jim Keltner on drums.[6] The album was mixed at Ardent Studios, in Memphis, Tennessee.[7] King covered two Willie Dixon songs, "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I'm Ready".[8]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
The Gazette | C+[11] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [12] |
The Gazette called the album "painfully mechanical, with little or no personal involvement."[11]
Texas Monthly called the album "more than competent," but thought that it made "a few too many concessions to the rock sound."[13] AllMusic noted the "perhaps heavier rock elements," writing that "King's last Shelter album was his most elaborately produced, with occasional string arrangements and female backups vocals."[9] The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings opined that it "reflects the awkward phase blues was going through in the early '70s."[14] The Commercial Appeal praised the "exquisite Russell ballad" "Help Me Through the Day".[7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Woman Across the River" | Bettye Crutcher, Allen Jones | 2:46 |
2. | "Hootchie Cootchie Man" | Willie Dixon | 4:48 |
3. | "Danger Zone" | Percy Mayfield | 4:32 |
4. | "Boogie Man" | Chuck Blackwell, Leon Russell | 3:45 |
5. | "Leave My Woman Alone" | Ray Charles | 3:33 |
6. | "Just a Little Bit" | Ralph Bass, Buster Brown, John Thornton, Fats Washington | 2:27 |
7. | "Yonder Wall" | Elmore James | 2:25 |
8. | "Help Me Through the Day" | Russell | 4:27 |
9. | "I'm Ready" | Dixon | 3:45 |
10. | "Trouble in Mind" | Richard M. Jones | 3:41 |
11. | "You Don't Have to Go" | Jimmy Reed | 2:55 |