Never Been Rocked Enough Explained

Never Been Rocked Enough
Type:studio
Artist:Delbert McClinton
Cover:Delbert McClinton - Never Been Rocked Enough.png
Released:1992
Genre:Roots rock
Length:40:17
Label:Curb[1]
Producer:Delbert McClinton, Jim Horn, Don Was, Bonnie Raitt
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Never Been Rocked Enough is a studio album by the American musician Delbert McClinton.[2] [3] It was released in 1992 by Curb Records.[4] The first single was "Every Time I Roll the Dice".[5] McClinton supported the album with a North American tour.[6]

Production

The album was produced by McClinton, Jim Horn, Don Was, and Bonnie Raitt; the two recording sessions took about a week and a half.[7] [8] Tom Petty and Melissa Etheridge provided backing vocals.[9] "Have a Little Faith in Me" is a cover of the John Hiatt song.[10] McClinton considered Never Been Rocked Enough to be his most radio-friendly album.[11]

Critical reception

The Calgary Herald concluded that "this isn't so much a sentimentalization of McClinton's brand of bar music, as its apotheosis." The Boston Globe determined that the album "captures his rough-edged, yet somehow polished, roadhouse sound."[12]

The Windsor Star panned "the slick session musicians like the World's Most Dangerous Band." The Ottawa Citizen stated that "the album doesn't blow you away with volume or flash, but wins you over with its roots rockin' integrity and deep-brewed flavors of the southern U.S."[13]

In a review for AllMusic, Roch Parisien wrote: "The results cover the whole checkerboard while remaining vintage McClinton: his harp wails on 'Everytime I Roll the Dice'; 'Can I Change My Mind' flirts with Motown soul; 'Blues as Blues Can Get' defines the confessional blues ballad."

Chart performance

In the US, Never Been Rocked Enough peaked at number 118 on the Billboard 200 in July 18, 1992.

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Burliuk . Greg . American Originals Are Still Expanding Their Horizons . The Kingston Whig-Standard . 25 June 1992 . Entertainment . 1.
  2. McLeese . Don . Country & Western . Rolling Stone . Aug 20, 1992 . 637 . 53.
  3. Kienzle . Rich . Never Been Rocked Enough by Delbert McClinton . Country Music . Sep 1992 . 157 . 6.
  4. News: Abbott . Jim . In the Bin . Orlando Sentinel . 8 May 1992 . Calendar . 10.
  5. News: Falon . Janet Ruth . Heading for New Success . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 13 Mar 1992 . Features Weekend . 36.
  6. News: Bream . Jon . Nightlife . Star Tribune . 17 July 1992 . 10E.
  7. Never Been Rocked Enough by Delbert McClinton . Billboard . May 9, 1992 . 104 . 19 . 53.
  8. News: Washburn . Jim . Delbert McClinton Still Reveling in R & B Career . Los Angeles Times . 24 Sep 1992 . F1.
  9. News: Catlin . Roger . On a hot night, nothing like Delbert's blues . Hartford Courant . 11 July 1992 . D2.
  10. News: McLeese . Don . Back Home . Austin American-Statesman . 5 May 1992 . D6.
  11. News: Allan . Marc D. . Delbert McClinton finally coming into his own . The Indianapolis Star . 28 Aug 1992 . D4.
  12. News: Morse . Steve . Delbert McClinton Never Been Rocked Enough . The Boston Globe . 14 May 1992 . Calendar . 8.
  13. News: Parisien . Roch . McClinton no longer the 'kiss of death' . Ottawa Citizen . 23 Aug 1992 . C7.

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