| Come On in This House | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 69:20 | |||
| Label | Telarc [1] | |||
| Producer | John Snyder | |||
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Come On in This House is an album by the American musician Junior Wells. [2] [3] Released in 1996, it was Wells's final studio album. [4] He supported it with a North American tour. [5]
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Album". [6] It won the W. C. Handy Award for best Traditional Blues Album. [7]
The album was produced by John Snyder; it was encoded in surround-sound. [8] [9] The title track was written by Mel London. [10] "Give Me One Reason" is a cover of the Tracy Chapman song. [11] Corey Harris, Sonny Landreth, and Derek Trucks were among the slide guitarists who contributed to the album. [12] [13]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [14] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [15] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [16] |
| MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide | [17] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [12] |
| Philadelphia Daily News | [9] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer noted that the "spare arrangements show that Wells is still a sly, crafty player." [11] The Chicago Tribune praised the "sly rendition of swamp rocker Bobby Charles' 'Why Are People Like That?'" [15]
The Buffalo News concluded that "no one is overshadowing Wells' soulful harp, or his bluesy voice, surprisingly intact at 62 after a career spent in smoky clubs." [18] The Rocky Mountain News determined that "the bluesman still sounds warm and supple, or edgy and anguished, as the mood requires." [19]
AllMusic called the album "a virtual slide-guitar mini-fest and a demonstration of the timeless appeal of classic blues done well." [14] MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide deemed it "a top-notch album cut years after Wells was written off as a creative force." [17]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What My Momma Told Me / That's All Right" | |
| 2. | "Why Are People Like That?" | |
| 3. | "Trust My Baby" | |
| 4. | "Million Years Blues" | |
| 5. | "Give Me One Reason" | |
| 6. | "Ships on the Ocean" | |
| 7. | "She Wants to Sell My Monkey" | |
| 8. | "So Glad You're Mine" | |
| 9. | "Mystery Train" | |
| 10. | "I'm Gonna Move to Kansas City" | |
| 11. | "King Fish Blues" | |
| 12. | "You Better Watch Yourself" | |
| 13. | "Come On in This House" | |
| 14. | "The Goat" |
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