“Hard Again” by Muddy Waters - album review
features in: (B-list) Album Chart of 1977 ● (B-list) Album Chart of the 1970s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die  |
Hard Again? I’ll say. The 63-year-old only went and delivered the album of his career in '77! It's just a pity that he seen fit to drag up older material YET again - there’s at least 4 reworkings onboard, rendering the LP “b-list”. They are: “Mannish Boy” (single, 1955 & More Real Folk Blues LP, 1965), “I Want To Be Loved” (single, 1955), “I Can’t Be Satisfied” (single, 1948 & Best Of LP, 1957) and “Deep Down In Florida” (King Bee LP, 1971). The take on “Mannish Boy” is a career-defining moment of pure, raw-blues glory. “Hard Again” was duly rewarded with a Grammy this year for “Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording”.
The Jukebox Rebel
07–Mar–2016
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [05:23]  Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy [1977 version] (Ellas Otha Bates, Melvin London, McKinley Morganfield) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A2 | [07:44]  Muddy Waters - Bus Driver (McKinley Morganfield, Terry Abrahamson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A3 | [02:20]  Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved ‘77 (Willie Dixon) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A4 | [04:23]  Muddy Waters - Jealous Hearted Man (McKinley Morganfield) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A5 | [03:28]  Muddy Waters - I Can’t Be Satisfied [1977 version] (McKinley Morganfield) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B1 | [03:35]  Muddy Waters - The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll, Pt. 2 (McKinley Morganfield, Brownie McGhee) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B2 | [05:25]  Muddy Waters - Deep Down In Florida (McKinley Morganfield) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B3 | [05:59]  Muddy Waters - Crosseyed Cat (McKinley Morganfield) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B4 | [07:06]  Muddy Waters - Little Girl (McKinley Morganfield) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
