Peculiar Situation

Peculiar Situation
Studio album by Earl Klugh
Released July 1999
Genre Smooth Jazz, crossover jazz, jazz pop, instrumental pop
Length 52:13
Label Windham Hill Records
Producer Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh chronology

The Journey
(1997)		 Peculiar Situation
(1999)		 Naked Guitar
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
PopMatters [2]
New Straits Times not rated [3]

Peculiar Situation is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1999. This release features Klugh on both guitar and keyboard, and contains Klugh's first ever vocal track, as he "takes the role of a sideman to a vocalist for the first time in his recording career, breezing in behind Roberta Flack on 'Now and Again' ".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Peculiar Situation" - 4:22
  2. "Now and Again" - 4:35
  3. "Private Affair" - 4:30
  4. "Thin Ice" - 4:37
  5. "I'm Falling" - 4:33
  6. "Romantic Intent" - 5:20
  7. "Desert Paradise" - 4:45
  8. "Forever Girl" - 5:23
  9. "Before You Go" - 4:51
  10. "Southern Dog" - 4:34
  11. "When I Look at You" - 4:43

Charts

Album – Billboard[5]
Year Chart Position
1999 Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 16

References

  1. ↑ Peculiar Situation at AllMusic
  2. ↑ PopMatters review
  3. ↑ New Straits Times review
  4. ↑ Martinez, Gerald (17 October 1999). "Light and breezy". New Straits Times (Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.: New Straits Times Press). p. 13. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Earl Klugh - Billboard Albums". allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2010.