It Serve You Right to Suffer
It Serve You Right to Suffer | ||||
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Studio album by John Lee Hooker | ||||
Released | 1966 (1966) | |||
Recorded | New York City | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 33:10 | |||
Label | Impulse! | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
John Lee Hooker chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [4] |
Pitchfork | 8.6/10[3] |
It Serve You Right to Suffer (later retitled It Serves You Right To Suffer on some reissues) is an album by blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Lee Hooker, released on the Impulse Records label in early 1966 (catalogue no. 9103). It was part of the short-lived Impulse folk music division, with the slogan adapted from their jazz promotion, "the new wave of folk is on Impulse!"
Signed to Impulse's parent label ABC Records, it is the only album Hooker made for the jazz label. Producer Bob Thiele partnered Hooker with session musicians all possessing jazz pedigree, presenting a unique setting for his music. The released songs are a mix of new compositions and re-working of ones Hooker had previously recorded, and includes a cover of the Barrett Strong 1959 Motown hit "Money (That's What I Want)."
The album was reissued for compact disc by MCA Records on July 27, 1999.
Track listing
All songs by John Lee Hooker except "Money" by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford.
Side one
- "Shake It Baby" – 4:23
- "Country Boy" – 5:42
- "Bottle Up & Go" – 2:27
- "You're Wrong" – 4:22
Side two
- "Sugar Mama" – 3:15
- "Decoration Day" – 5:11
- "Money" – 2:26
- "It Serves You Right to Suffer" – 5:15
Personnel
- John Lee Hooker - vocals, guitar
- Barry Galbraith - guitar
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Panama Francis - drums
- William Wells - trombone on "Money"
References
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 355.
- ^ Sodomsky, Sam (November 15, 2020). "John Lee Hooker: It Serve You Right to Suffer Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- v
- t
- e
- The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (1959)
- Travelin' (1960)
- That's My Story (1960)
- The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (1961)
- Burnin' (1962)
- The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker (1963)
- John Lee Hooker on Campus (1964)
- Burning Hell (1964)
- ...And Seven Nights (1965)
- It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966)
- The Real Folk Blues (1966)
- Urban Blues (1967)
- Simply the Truth (1969)
- If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im (1969)
- Get Back Home (1969)
- I Feel Good! (1971)
- Hooker 'n Heat (1971)
- Endless Boogie (1971)
- Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (1972)
- Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee (1973)
- Free Beer and Chicken (1974)
- Sittin' Here Thinkin' (1980)
- Jealous (1987)
- The Healer (1989)
- More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album (1991)
- Mr. Lucky (1991)
- Chill Out (1995)
- Don't Look Back (1997)
- Concert at Newport (1963)
- Live at Sugar Hill (1963)
- Live at Cafe Au Go Go (1967)
- Live at Soledad Prison (1972)
- Kabuki Wuki (1973)
- The Cream (1978)
- House of the Blues (1959)
- I'm John Lee Hooker (1959)
- John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues (1961)
- Folk Blues (1962)
- Don't Turn Me from Your Door (1963)
- Original Folk Blues (1964)
- That's Where It's At! (1969)
- Goin' Down Highway 51 (1971)
- The Ultimate Collection (1991)
- Come See About Me (2004)
- "Boogie Chillen'" (1948)
- "Crawling King Snake" (1948)
- "Jack o' Diamonds" (1949)
- "Trouble in Mind" (1949)
- "Catfish" (1951)
- "I'm in the Mood" (1951)
- "Sugar Mama" (1952)
- "Worried Life Blues" (1952)
- "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1952)
- "Key to the Highway" (1952)
- "I'm Ready" (1956)
- "Dimples" (1956)
- "I Need Some Money" (1960)
- "Boom Boom" (1961)
- "Drifting Blues" (1961)
- "Don't Look Back" (1961)
- "How Long Blues" (1960)
- "Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl" (1960)
- "Smokestack Lightnin'" (1960)
- "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966)
- "Bottle Up & Go" (1966)
- "I Can't Quit You Baby" (1966)
- "Meet Me in the Bottom" (1971)
- "Roll and Tumble" (1971)
- "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (1974)
- "Terraplane Blues" (1987)
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (1991)
- "The Healing Game" (1997)
- "Red House" (1997)
- Discography
- Detroit blues
- Eddie Kirkland
- Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- Canned Heat
- The Blues Brothers
- The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
- John Lee Hooker Jr.