Boogie with Canned Heat

Boogie with Canned Heat is the second studio album by American blues and rock band Canned Heat.[7][8] Released in 1968, it contains mostly original material, unlike their debut album. It was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number 16 in the US and number 5 in the UK.[9][10]

Boogie with Canned Heat
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 22, 1968 (1968-01-22)
RecordedOctober–November 1967
StudioLiberty Studios
Genre
Length44:00
LabelLiberty[3]
Producer
  • Skip Taylor
  • Dallas Smith
Canned Heat chronology
Canned Heat
(1967)
Boogie with Canned Heat
(1968)
Living the Blues
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Sputnikmusic[2]

Boogie with Canned Heat includes the top 10 hit "On the Road Again", one of their best-known songs. "Amphetamine Annie", a warning about the dangers of amphetamine abuse, also received considerable airplay. "Fried Hockey Boogie" was the first example of one of Canned Heat's boogies, or loose jams. When released on CD in 2005, six tracks originally released on singles were included as bonus tracks.

In 2012, Boogie with Canned Heat was remastered and released on CD by Iconoclassics Records with the original 10 tracks, plus 6 bonus tracks.

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album an "impressive selection," and praised the "in-concert favourite" "Fried Hockey Boogie".[4] Rolling Stone wrote that "'An Owl Song' is perhaps Al Wilson's strongest vocal outing to date — his peculiarly high crooning mumble grooving along over a kicking, chugging rhythm section."[11]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Evil Woman" (Larry Weiss) – 2:59
  2. "My Crime" (Canned Heat) – 3:57
  3. "On the Road Again" (Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson) – 5:01
  4. "World in a Jug" (Canned Heat) – 3:29
  5. "Turpentine Moan" (Canned Heat) – 2:56
  6. "Whiskey Headed Woman No. 2" (Bob Hite) – 2:57

Side two

  1. "Amphetamine Annie" (Canned Heat) – 3:36
  2. "An Owl Song" (Alan Wilson) – 2:43
  3. "Marie Laveau" (Henry Vestine) – 5:18
  4. "Fried Hockey Boogie" (Larry Taylor) – 11:07

Bonus tracks from 2005 CD release

  1. "On the Road Again" (Single Version) - 3:22
  2. "Boogie Music" (Single Version) - 2:46
  3. "Goin' Up the Country" (Single Version) - 2:52
  4. "One Kind Favor" - 4:55
  5. "Christmas Blues" - 2:36
  6. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" (featuring Alvin and the Chipmunks) - 2:49

Bonus tracks from 2012 CD release

  1. "On the Road Again [Alternate Take]" (Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson)
  2. "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (Charles E. Calhoun)
  3. "Whiskey and Wimmen'" (John Lee Hooker)
  4. "Mean Old World" (Little Walter, T-Bone Walker, Marl Young)
  5. "The Hunter" (Carl Wells, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones, Donald Dunn)
  6. "Fannie Mae" (Buster Brown, Clarence Lewis, Bobby Robinson)

Personnel

Canned Heat
Additional Personnel
Production
  • Dino Lappas – engineer
  • Dallas Smith – producer

References

  1. "Canned Heat Review". AllMusic.
  2. g, manos (June 19, 2014). "Review: CD Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat Album". sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  3. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin via Google Books.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 163.
  5. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 108.
  7. "Old Flame : Blues rockers Canned Heat have been around for about 25 years, but they may just be warmin' up". Los Angeles Times. May 16, 1991.
  8. Luhrssen, David; Larson, Michael (February 24, 2017). "Encyclopedia of Classic Rock". ABC-CLIO via Google Books.
  9. "Canned Heat". Billboard.
  10. "CANNED HEAT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  11. Burks, John (December 7, 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved August 15, 2014.



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