Riding with the King
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This article is about the John Hiatt album. For the King/Clapton album, see Riding with the King (B. B. King and Eric Clapton album).
Riding With The King | |||||
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Studio album by John Hiatt | |||||
Released | 1983 | ||||
Recorded | The Pen, San Francisco Eden Studios, London |
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Genre | Rock | ||||
Length | 42:05 | ||||
Label | Geffen Records | ||||
Producer | Ron Nagel, Scott Mathews, Nick Lowe | ||||
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John Hiatt chronology | |||||
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Riding with the King was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's sixth album, released in 1983. It was his second of three albums with Geffen Records. Ron Nagel and Scott Mathews (credited as "Scott Matthews") produced side one of the album at The Pen in San Francisco, with Mathews himself playing all instruments except lead guitar. The second side of the album was produced by Nick Lowe at Eden Studios in London with a group of crack pub rock musicians backing Hiatt. The album's title track would later be covered by B.B. King and Eric Clapton on their album of the same name.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by John Hiatt, except as indicated
[edit] Side one
- "I Don't Even Try" – 3:25
- "Death by Misadventure" – 3:29 (Hiatt, John Hadley)
- "Girl on a String" – 3:11
- "Lovers Will" – 4:00
- "She Loves the Jerk" – 3:38
- "Say It with Flowers" – 3:06
[edit] Side two
- "Riding with the King" – 4:18
- "You May Already Be a Winner" – 3:35
- "Love Like Blood" – 3:55
- "The Love that Harms" – 2:49
- "Book Lovers" – 3:04 (I. Wood, Hiatt)
- "Falling Up" – 3:35
[edit] Personnel
- Scott Mathews - Saxophone, slide guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, backing vocals (side one only)
- Nick Lowe - Bass guitar, backing vocals (side two only)
- Martin Belmont - Guitar (side two only)
- Paul Carrack - Keyboards, backing vocals (side two only)
- Bobby Irwin - Drums (side two only)