Dislocation Blues

Dislocation Blues
Studio album by
Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang
ReleasedAugust 2006
RecordedApril 2005
GenrePop rock, country, blues[1]
Length62:52[1]
LabelAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
ProducerJeff Lang
Jeff Lang albums chronology
You Have to Dig Deep to Bury Daddy
(2005) 		Dislocation Blues
(2006) 		Prepare Me Well: A Jeff Lang Anthology 1994–2006
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[2]
AllMusic[1]
PopMatters8/10[3]
Stylus MagazineA−[4]

Dislocation Blues is a collaborative studio album, credited to American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley and Australian musician, Jeff Lang. The album was recorded in studios between Adelaide and Melbourne in April 2005, seven months before Chris Whitley's death from lung cancer.[1]

The album was released in Australia in August 2006 and peaked at number 64 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the highest-charting album in Australia for both artists.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, the album was nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album.[5]

Reception

Thom Jurek from AllMusic said "This collection of traditional blues tunes such as 'Stagger Lee' covers of Bob Dylan's 'When I Paint My Masterpiece' and 'Changing of the Guard' and originals from the catalogs of both men is an intimate, loose, deeply intuitive, and complementary set".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Stagger Lee" (Traditional; arranged by Jeff Lang and Chris Whitley) – 7:26
  2. "Twelve Thousand Miles" (Jeff Lang) – 4:36
  3. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Bob Dylan) – 5:00
  4. "Rocket House" (Chris Whitley) – 5:09
  5. "The Road Leads Down" (Jeff Lang) – 2:52
  6. "Dislocation Blues" (Chris Whitley) – 5:27
  7. "Forever in My Life" (Prince Rogers Nelson – Prince) – 3:55
  8. "Velocity Girl" (Chris Whitley) – 4:52
  9. "Ravenswood" (Jeff Lang) – 5:23
  10. "Underground" (Jeff Lang, Chris Whitley, Grant Cummerford, Ashley Davies) – 4:19
  11. "Changing of the Guards" (Bob Dylan) – 6:42
  12. "Motion Bride" (Chris Whitley, Jeff Lang) – 1:26
  13. "Hellhound on My Trail" (live) (Robert Johnson) (hidden track) – 5:49
  14. "Kick the Stones" (live) (Chris Whitley) (hidden track) – 4:59

Personnel

  • Chris Whitley – vocals, guitars
  • Jeff Lang – vocals, guitars, chumbush, banjo
  • Grant Cummerford – bass
  • Ash Davies – drums[6]

Charts

Chart performance for Dislocation Blues
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 64

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Chris Whitley / Jeff Lang: Dislocation Blues album review @ All About Jazz". 9 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang: Dislocation Blues, PopMatters". 17 July 2007.
  4. ^ "Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang - Dislocation Blues - Review - Stylus Magazine".
  5. ^ "ARIA Awards Search Results – Jeff Lang". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Dislocation Blues album". Jeff Lang. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 161.