Back to the Blues

by Dinah Washington

Back to the Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Roulette
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:16
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

After achieving massive crossover success with heavily orchestrated pop, this late-career release deliberately returns the vocalist to gritty, deeply expressive traditional forms. The commanding, razor-sharp phrasing effortlessly cuts through powerful brass arrangements, demonstrating her enduring mastery of blues vernacular. 'Back to the Blues' stands as a poignant, forceful reaffirmation of her roots shortly before her tragic passing.

Genres

Descriptors: vocal, bluesy, emotive, powerful, classic

Tracklist

  1. The Blues Ain't Nothin' but a Woman Cryin' for Her Man (3:48)
  2. Romance in the Dark (2:14)
  3. You've Been a Good Ole Wagon (3:52)
  4. Let Me Be the First to Know (2:41)
  5. How Long (5:00)
  6. Don't Come Running Back to Me (2:25)
  7. It's a Mean Old Man's World (3:12)
  8. Key to the Highway (2:42)
  9. If I Never Get to Heaven (3:46)
  10. Duck Before You Drown (2:13)
  11. No Hard Feelings (2:36)
  12. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (8:42)
  13. Don't Say Nothing at All (2:36)
  14. No One Man (2:07)
  15. Me and My Gin (4:14)

Credits

  • Dinah Washington - primary artist, vocals
  • Fred Norman - arranged by, conductor
  • Howard Nostrand - illustration

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