Breaking Out (album) explained

Breaking Out
Type:Studio Album
Artist:Buddy Guy
Cover:Buddy_Guy_Breaking_Out_1980_JSP_LP.jpg
Caption:Original vinyl cover
Released:December 1980
Recorded:September 1980
Studio:Sound Station, Chicago
Genre:Blues, Chicago Blues
Length:38:02 (original release), 46:54 (first CD release), 52:38 (1996 reissue), 74:10 (2008 reissue)
Label:JSP
Producer:Buddy Guy, John Stedman
Prev Title:The Blues Giant
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:DJ Play My Blues
Next Year:1982

Breaking Out is the fifth studio album by Buddy Guy. It was released in 1980 on JSP Records.

Recordings

The original album tracks were recorded at Sound Station, Chicago, IL, in September 1980 with session musicians.They recorded two more tracks on these sessions, "Feeling Sexy" and "Funk Is The Skunk". These were originally released on JSP LP Buddy & Philip Guy in 1981.[1]

CD releases

It was released on CD first on JSP at the end of the 80s with a bonus track ("Feeling Sexy") and an alternate cover. The 1996 CD release includes two bonus tracks (which were recorded on another session at Soto Sound Studios in 1981). The 2008 CD release includes three bonus tracks from the 1981 Soto Sound sessions. These five tracks were previously released on Phil Guy's albums, The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy (1982) and Bad Luck Boy (1983). All of the CD releases have alternate covers.[2]

Original track listing

  1. "I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:00
  2. "Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:22
  3. "She Winked At Me" - 4:55
  4. "Boogie Family Style" - 4:01
  5. "Break Out All Over You" - 4:10
  6. "You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:06
  7. "Me and My Guitar" (Freddie King) - 4:49
  8. "You Can Make It If You Try" (Ted Jarrett) - 4:39

First CD release bonus track

  1. "Feeling Sexy" - 8:52

1996 reissue track listing

  1. "Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:22
  2. "You Can Make It If You Try" - 4:39
  3. "Break Out All over You (Poison Ivy)" - 4:10
  4. "She Winked At Me" - 4:55
  5. "I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:00
  6. "Boogie Family Style" - 4:01
  7. "You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:06
  8. "Me and My Guitar" - 4:49
  9. "Ice Around My Heart" - 8:53
  10. "Texas Flood" - 5:43

2008 reissue track listing

  1. "Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:25
  2. "You Can Make It If You Try" - 4:42
  3. "Break Out All over You (Poison Ivy)" - 4:13
  4. "She Winked At Me" - 5:08
  5. "I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:02
  6. "Boogie Family Style" - 4:03
  7. "You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:01
  8. "Me and My Guitar" - 5:04
  9. "Breaking Out On Top" - 7:25
  10. "Skin & Bones / Money" - 8:24
  11. "Love Is Like Quicksand" - 5:06
  12. "Ice Around My Heart" - 8:53
  13. "Texas Flood" - 5:44[3]

Personnel

Original album + "Feeling Sexy":[4] [5]

1998 & 2006 Reissue bonus tracks:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buddy Guy And Philip Guy – Buddy & Phil (1981, Vinyl). 13 May 2021. Discogs.com.
  2. Web site: Buddy Guy - Breaking Out. Discogs.com. 13 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Breaking Out by Buddy Guy on iTunes . Itunes.apple.com . 1936-07-30 . 2016-07-07.
  4. Breaking Out . booklet . . London.
  5. Buddy & Phil . back cover . . London.

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