Shades (J. J. Cale album)

Shades
Studio album by J. J. Cale
Released	February 1981
Recorded	1980 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (tracks 1,4,7) Columbia Studios, Nashville TN (tracks 2,6) The Lakehouse, Old Hickory, TN (tracks 3,9) Woodland Studios, Nashville TN (track 5) Paradise Studios, Hollywood CA (track 8) Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, TN (track 9) Crazy Mama Studios, Nashville TN (track 10)
Genre	Blues, Americana, Tulsa Sound
Length	33:21
Label	UK: Island USA: MCA
Producer	Audie Ashworth , J. J. Cale
J. J. Cale chronology
5 (1979)51979 Shades (1981) Grasshopper (1982)Grasshopper1982

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

Shades is the sixth album by J. J. Cale. Released in 1981.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by J. J. Cale except as indicated

1. "Carry On" - 2:20
2. "Deep Dark Dungeon" - 2:10
3. "Wish I Had Not Said That" - 3:23
4. "Pack My Jack" - 5:13
5. "If You Leave Her" - 2:42
6. "Mama Don't" (Cow Cow Davenport; arranged by J. J. Cale) – 3:50
7. "Runaround" - 2:42
8. "What Do You Expect" - 3:23
9. "Love Has Been Gone" - 2:13
10. "Cloudy Day" - 5:25

Personnel

• J. J. Cale : Gut string guitar, vocals, guitar (rhythm), guitar (electric), drums, arranger, piano, bass
• Christine Lakeland : Synthesizer, piano, organ, percussion, guitar, vocals, Moog bass, gut string guitar, Keyboards
• Tommy Tedesco : Guitar
• Gordon Shrycock : Guitar
• Reggie Young : Guitar
• James Burton : Guitar
• Bill Boatman : Guitar
• Johnny Christopher : Guitar
• Tommy Cogbill : Guitar, bass
• Nick Rather : Bass
• Emory Gordy, Jr. : Bass
• Carol Kaye : Bass
• Michael Rhodes : Bass
• Jim Keltner : Drums
• Gary Allen : Drums
• Hal Blaine : Drums
• Hayword Bishop : Drums
• Kenneth A. Buttrey : Drums
• Karl Himmel : Drums
• Russ Kunkel : Drums
• Larry Bell : Keyboards, Piano
• David Briggs : Keyboards, piano
• Leon Russell : Piano
• Bill Payne : Piano
• Glen D. Hardin : Piano, keyboards
• Bobby Emmons : Organ, piano, keyboards
• Denis Solee :Saxophone
• Vigon Nahas Vigon : Art direction, design
• Helmut Werd : Photography
• Chad Hailey : Engineer
• Les Ladd : Engineer
• Audie Ashworth : Engineer, producer
• Ron Reynolds : Engineer, mixing
• Hugh Davies : Engineer, mixing
• Steve Ripley : Engineer
• Joe Mills : Engineer, mixing

Miscellaneous

The album cover, showing a gypsy guitarist behind cigarette smoke, was the pastiche of a box of Gitanes French cigarettes.

References