You're Driving Me Crazy (album)
You're Driving Me Crazy | ||||
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Studio album by Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco | ||||
Released | April 27, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2018 | |||
Studio | Studio D, Sausalito, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 71:00 | |||
Label | Sony Legacy | |||
Producer | Van Morrison, Joey DeFrancesco | |||
Van Morrison chronology | ||||
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Joey DeFrancesco chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Pitchfork | 7/10[3] |
You're Driving Me Crazy is the 39th studio album by Irish musician Van Morrison, his first in collaboration with American jazz organist & trumpeter Joey DeFrancesco.[4] His third album in just seven months, and released on 27 April 2018 by Sony Legacy, it reached the Top 20 in the UK, and features Morrison's daughter, Shana.[5]
Critical reception
Pitchfork found that the album "captures the joy of making music", and praises "Joey DeFrancesco’s hard-driving soul-jazz combo".[5] It notes approvingly that "the quintet knocked out the album in a couple of days, just like acts used to do in the mid-20th-century heyday of Blue Note and Prestige". DeFrancesco is "an ideal foil for Morrison. Respectful but impish", it finds. "Van Morrison continues to prove he’s among the hardest-working vocalists in jazz and its adjacent musical territories", DownBeat concludes. The albums sees Morrison "varying pace and mood to supreme effect", with "DeFrancesco creating a vortex of colliding lines" on the track “Evening Shadows”.[6]
Track listing
Original artist is Van Morrison except where noted.
No. | Title | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "Miss Otis Regrets" | Cole Porter | 5:15 |
2. | "Hold It Right There" |
| 4:08 |
3. | "All Saints Day" | 3:05 | |
4. | "The Way Young Lovers Do" | 4:13 | |
5. | "The Things That I Used to Do" | Guitar Slim | 5:56 |
6. | "Travellin' Light" | 4:18 | |
7. | "Close Enough for Jazz" | 4:44 | |
8. | "Goldfish Bowl" | 7:05 | |
9. | "Evening Shadows" |
| 3:21 |
10. | "Magic Time" | 5:13 | |
11. | "You're Driving Me Crazy" | Walter Donaldson | 4:46 |
12. | "Every Day I Have the Blues" | Peter Chatman | 5:38 |
13. | "Have I Told You Lately" | 4:52 | |
14. | "Sticks and Stones" | Titus Turner | 2:46 |
15. | "Celtic Swing" | 5:15 |
Personnel
- Van Morrison – vocals, alto saxophone, harmonica
- Joey DeFrancesco – Hammond organ, keyboards, trumpet, backing vocals
- Dan Wilson – guitar
- Michael Ode – drums, percussion
- Troy Roberts – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Shana Morrison – backing vocals on "Hold It Right There" and "Have I Told You Lately"
Charts
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 54 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 11 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 35 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] | 167 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] | 100 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] | 29 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 10 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] | 39 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] | 62 |
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[16] | 1 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] | 11 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] | 6 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 41 |
UK Albums (OCC)[20] | 20 |
US Billboard 200[21] | 76 |
References
- ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "You're Driving Me Crazy - Joey DeFrancesco, Van Morrison". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (30 April 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Reed, Ryan. "Van Morrison Preps New LP 'You're Driving Me Crazy'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2018). "Van Morrison: You're Driving Me Crazy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Zimmerman, Brian (July 2018). "Reviews: Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco - You're Driving Me Crazy". Downbeat. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Chart Watch #471". auspOp. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Van Morrison Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Van Morrison". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 18: del 27.4.2018 al 3.5.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Van Morrison and Joey Defrancesco – You're Driving Me Crazy". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Van Morrison Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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