Gentleman's Blues

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Gentleman's Blues
Studio album by Cracker
Released	August 25, 1998
Genre	Alternative
Length	73:02
Label	Virgin
Producer	Don Smith
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Cracker chronology
The Golden Age (1996) Gentleman's Blues (1998) Garage D'Or (2000)

Gentleman's Blues is Cracker's fourth album.

Cracker frontman David Lowery said that the album's name arose when guitarist Johnny Hickman heard him playing a tune on the piano and observed that it sounded like an old Southern gentleman trying to play the blues. [1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Good Life" (Lowery/Hickman) - 3:50
2. "Seven Days" (Lowery/Hickman) - 4:24
3. "Star" (Lowery/Hickman) - 3:21
4. "James River" (Lowery) - 5:03
5. "My Life Is Totally Boring Without You" (Lowery/Hickman/Rupe) - 3:17
6. "Been Around the World" (Lowery) - 5:02
7. "The World Is Mine" (Lowery/Hickman) - 3:45
8. "Lullabye" (Lowery) - 4:59
9. "Waiting for You Girl" (Lowery/Hickman) - 4:01
10. "Trials & Tribulations" (Hickman) - 3:01
11. "Wild One" (Lowery/Hickman/Rupe) - 4:25
12. "Hold of Myself" (Hickman) - 3:57
13. "Gentleman's Blues" (Lowery/Hickman) - 4:58
14. "I Want Out of the Circus" (Lowery) - 4:53
15. "Wedding Day" (Hickman) - 3:47
16. "Hallelujah" (Lowery) - 4:10
17. [Silence]
18. "1-202-456-1414" (the touch-tone phone tone for the White House) - :08
19. [Silence]
20. "1-202-514-8688" (the phone tone for the Justice Department) - :08
21. [Silence]
22. "1-310-289-4459" (presently, the phone tone for Beverly Hills psychotherapist Julia Kantor) - :12
23. [Silence]
24. "Cinderella" (Lowery) - 5:03

Tracks after 16 "Hallelujah" are all hidden tracks.

v • d • e Cracker David Lowery · Johnny Hickman · Frank Funaro · Kenny Margolis · Sal Maida Studio albums Cracker (1992) · Kerosene Hat (1993) · The Golden Age (1996) · Gentleman's Blues (1998) · Forever (2002) · O' Cracker Where Art Thou? (2003) · Countrysides (2003) · Greenland (2006) Singles/EP's Tucson (1993) · Low (1993) · Get Off This (1994) · Euro-Trash Girl (1994) · I Hate My Generation (1996) · Nothing To Believe In (1996) · The Good Life (1998) · The World Is Mine (1998) · Shine (2002) · Merry Christmas, Emily (2002) · Something You Ain't Got (2006) · Give Me One More Chance (2006) · Everybody Gets One For Free (2006) Compilations The Virgin Years (1995) · Garage D'Or (2000) · Hello, Cleveland! Live at the Metro (2002) · Get On With It: The Best of Cracker (2006) · Greatest Hits Redux (2006) · Tribute Album Appearances If I Were A Carpenter (1994) · Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin (1995) · Eyesore: A Stab At The Residents (1996) · Sweet Relief II: Gravity Of The Situation: The Songs of Vic Chesnutt (1996) · Burning London: The Clash Tribute (1999) · This Is Where I Belong: The Songs of Ray Davies & The Kinks (2002) Past Band Members Davey Faragher · Bob Rupe · Brandy Wood · Victor Krummenacher · Joe Frezza · Phil Jones · Johnny Hottsman · David Lovering