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Boz Scaggs - Middle Man (1980) (LP) - €10,00

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Middle Man is the ninth studio album by Boz Scaggs released by Columbia Records in 1980. Scaggs hired members of the band Toto as session musicians and shared songwriting credits with them, returning to the commercial, soul-influenced rock of Silk Degrees (1976).

1980’s Middle Man was Boz Scaggs’ last album for Columbia before an eight-year self-imposed sabbatical. Scaggs nonetheless caps off the decade with equal nods to his ’70s hitmaking formulas and the newer, shinier production techniques of the coming decade.

The synthesizer rocker “Angel You” and the title track are given the full in-vogue androgynous (i.e., Hall & Oates) treatment, while the opener “Jo Jo” and “Simone” are pages taken from his Here’s the Low Down-era grooves that wedded soulful vocals against a flurry of jazz changes.
His penchant for the ballad is explored on “You Can Have Me Any Time” and “Isn’t It Time,” while his seldom-seen rockier side comes up for air on the bluesy “Breakdown Dead Ahead” and “You Got Some Imagination,” both featuring stinging guitar from Steve Lukather. Not his best album, but a very timely one.

The album reached No. 8 in the Billboard 200 album chart, and two singles reached the Billboard Hot 100: “Breakdown Dead Ahead” at No. 15 and “Jojo” at No. 17.


Side A
A1.  Jojo - 5:52  
A2.  Breakdown Dead Ahead - 4:34   
A3. Simone - 5:07  
A4.  You Can Have Me Anytime - 4:57  

Side B
B1.  Middle Man - 4:52  
B2.  Do Like You Do In New York - 3:44   
B3.  Angel You - 3:39 
B4.  Isn’t It Time - 4:52  
B5.  You Got Some Imagination - 3:57 


Personnel
Production
  • Producer and Engineer – Bill Schnee
  • Assistant Engineers – Stephen Marcussen and Gabe Veltri
  • Mastered by Doug Sax and Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Design – Nancy Donald
  • Photography – Guy Bourdin
  • Management – Irving Azoff

Notes
Release: 1980
Format:  LP
Genre:  Pop, Rock
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  86094

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00

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