| Living in the Danger Zone | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Son Seals |
| Cover: | Living in the Danger Zone.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Label: | Alligator Records |
| Producer: | Son Seals, Bruce Iglauer |
| Prev Title: | Bad Axe |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Nothing But the Truth |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Living in the Danger Zone is a studio album by the blues musician Son Seals, released via Alligator Records in 1991.[1] [2]
The album was produced by Seals and Bruce Iglauer.[3] It was made using Seals regulars and studio musicians, and marked a reconciliation between Seals and Iglauer.
The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "emphasizes uptempo funky blues, with the occasional classic Chicago shuffle and mid-tempo, minor-key tune for variety."[4] The Washington Post called the album "impressive," writing that Seals "powerfully recites a litany of sorrows against a backdrop of jackhammer drums, organ and occasional horns, playing blistering guitar lines to express what the lyrics can't."[5] The New York Times wrote that "Seals tears into ... the losing-streak lament 'I Can't Lose the Blues' and 'Tell It to Another Fool', a bitter declaration of independence from heartache, with convincing autobiographical zeal, singing with gruff exuberance and unleashing steely outbursts of impassioned, stabbing guitar."[6]
AllMusic wrote that "the self-pitying ballad closer 'My Life' is the worst thing Seals has ever put on tape for Alligator."