Sonic Mojo Explained

Sonic Mojo
Type:studio
Artist:Foghat
Cover:Foghat - Sonic Mojo.jpg
Alt:The Foghat logo and album title superimposed over a graphic of a guitar and a starburst design
Studio:Boogie Motel South, Deland, Florida, US
Genre:Rock
Label:Foghat Records
Producer:Bryan Bassett
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Sonic Mojo is the seventeenth studio album by British rock band Foghat, released on 10 November 2023. It comprises both cover songs and original compositions, including the last compositions by Kim Simmonds before his 2022 death, and is being promoted by a concert tour. The album marks their first release in seven years since 2016's Under the Influence.

Reception

In American Songwriter, Lee Zimmerman gave Sonic Mojo 4 out of 5 stars, writing that it "lives up to its name, proving the fact that Foghat are as adept as ever". David Quantrick of Classic Rock gave this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "music that could have appeared any time between 1971 and now" and comparing the work to John Lee Hooker.

Track listing

  1. "She’s a Little Bit of Everything" (Bryan Bassett, Roger Earl, Scott Holt, Rodney O’Quinn, and Kim Simmonds) – 2:59
  2. "I Don’t Appreciate You" (Bassett, R. Earl, Holt, and O’Quinn) – 2:56
  3. "Mean Woman Blues" (Claude DeMetrius) – 3:33
  4. "Drivin’ On" (Bassett, R. Earl, Holt, O’Quinn, and Simmonds) – 3:34
  5. "Let Me Love You Baby" (Willie Dixon) – 3:36
  6. "How Many More Years" (Chester Burnett) – 3:56
  7. "Song for the Life" (Rodney J. Crowell) – 4:06
  8. "Wish I’d Been There" (Bassett, C. Earl, R. Earl, Holt, and O’Quinn) – 4:05
  9. "Time Slips Away" (Bassett, R. Earl, Holt, O’Quinn, and Simmonds) – 3:16
  10. "Black Days and Blue Nights" (Bassett, R. Earl, Holt, and O’Quinn) – 4:41
  11. "She’s Dynamite" (B.B. King) – 3:23
  12. "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:15

Personnel

Foghat

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Sonic Mojo is the first Foghat album to top a Billboard chart, debuting at number one on Top Blues Albums. As of March, 2024, the album remains in the Top 10 on that chart, logging its 16th consecutive week of chart activity. The song "Drivin' On" was the most played track on the Bluesville channel on SiriusXM in the month of February, 2024.

See also

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