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Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime (1974)

Track listing:
  1. Somebody Loan Me A Dime 2:54
  2. The Getaway 3:17
  3. Directly From My Heart To You 4:17
  4. Going To Chicago 3:45
  5. You Say You're Leaving 3:14
  6. Checking On My Woman 3:22
  7. You Don't Know What Love Is 3:51
  8. I've Changed 4:20
  9. Country Girl 4:51
  10. Gotta Wake Up 4:23
  11. Texas Flood 4:18

Notes

One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the 1970s. Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records — his deep, rich baritone sounds more like a magic carpet than a piece of barbed wire, and he speaks in jazz-inflected tongues, full of complex surprises. The title track hits with amazing power, as do the chugging "The Getaway," a hard-swinging "You Say You're Leaving," and the minor-key "You Don't Know What Love Is." In every case, Robinson had recorded them before, but thanks to Bruce Iglauer's superb production, a terrific band, and Robinson's musicianship, these versions reign supreme.