The Crave

The Crave is the second studio album by Stephen Dale Petit released on the 26 July 2010. It features guest appearances from former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor, former Rolling Stones guitarist and bassist Dick Taylor and keyboardist Max Middleton. The album contains a mixture of covers and originals. These covers include a version of 2Pac's California Love, Need Your Love So Bad (Originally covered by Fleetwood Mac) and the blues classic Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson. In keeping with the music, the striking cover and album artwork is notable for its modern design and style.

Album design

The album itself comes in a modern Digipak format. The artwork and graphic design are vibrant and modern with contemporary presentation and packaging which is distinctly different from most modern blues records. This is entirely in keeping with SDP's declared desire to break boundaries as he told Mojo (magazine): "I wanted to make an album that was at its core blues, but I wanted to mix in things that spoke to the fact that we're in 2010. I wanted to push boundaries and get up purist's noses because if purists have it their way, the music goes nowhere. It just dies." This is also depicted within the 16 page booklet found inside the album.

Track listing

All songs were written by Stephen Dale Petit, except where noted.

1. "3 Gunslingers" – 3:49
2. "California" (Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Roger Troutman, Woodrow Cunningham Norman Durham) – 4:10
3. "Let There Be More Light" (SDP, Chris Elliott) – 6:11
4. "Gun Song" – 5:09
5. "Soul Survivor" (SDP, Chris Borud, Gary O' Toole) – 4:23
6. "Need Your Love So Bad" (Mertis John Jr) – 5:08
7. "Judgement Day" – 1:42
8. "Cross Road Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 4:19
9. "Open" – 3:02
10. "The Crave" (SDP, Laurent Mouflier, Chris Belshaw, Federico Ariano) – 5:17
11. "Lookin' For Trouble" – 2:33
12. "Slide" (SDP, Gary O' Toole) – 3:50
13. "As The Years Go Passing By" (Deadric Malone) – 3:47
14. "Sunnyland Stomp" – 1:11
15. "It's All Good" – 2:59
16. "Voodoo Lover" – 5:01
17. "Hole In My Soul" – 7:58

Musicians

• Stephen Dale Petit - Guitar and vocals
  • Additional instruments - Backing vocals, bass, melotron, Hammond organ, piano, maracas and shakers
• 'Chris Borud - Bass
• Gary O' Toole - Drums
  • Additional instruments - Backing vocals
• Laurent Mouflier - Harp
• Martin Ditcham - Percussion

Additional musicians

• Mick Taylor - Guitar (Track: 12)
• Dick Taylor - Bass (Track: 6)
• Max Middleton - Fender Rhodes (Track: 17)
• Chris Elliot - String and horn arrangement, piano and drums (Tracks: 2,3,6,7,13 and 17)
• London Studio Orchestra - Strings (Track: 2)
• Samuel Dixon - Bass (Track: 3)
• Mark St. John - Drums (Track: 6)
• Damon Wilson - Drums (Track: 3)
• Bob Knight - Drums (Track: 17)
• Pete Davis - Keyboards (Tracks: 2 and 10)
• Dave Moore - Hammond organ and piano (Tracks: 5, 15 and 16)
• Thomas Johnson - Hammond organ (Track: 3)
• Frank Ricotti - Vibes (Track: 8)
• Angela Brooks - Backing vocals (Tracks: 2,3,7,10,12,13 and 15)
• TJ Davis - Backing vocals (Tracks: 2,3,7,10,12 and 15)
• Gino Williams, Mark Harrison and Anna Ross - Backing vocals (Tracks: 3 and 7)
• Richard Edwards, Dave Bishop, Dave Stewart Horns, Mike Smith and Jamie Talbot - Horns (Tracks: 2,8 and 13)
• Roberto Manzin and Paul Spong, - Horns (Tracks: 3 and 15)
• Martin Loveday, Dave Daniels, Antony Pleeth, Peter Lale, Bruce White, Vicci Wardman, Perry Montague-Mason, Chris Tombling, Emlyn Singleton, Boguslaw Kostecki, Patrick Kiernan and Warren Zielinski - strings (Tracks: 8 and 13)
• Wired Strings - Strings (Track: 17)

References