Sloe Gin (album)

Sloe Gin is the sixth studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Produced by Kevin Shirley, it was released on August 21, 2007 by J&R Adventures and topped the US Billboard Top Blues Albums chart.^[1] The title of the album is a reference to the song of the same name by English musician Tim Curry from his 1978 debut album Read My Lips.

Sloe Gin
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	August 21, 2007 (2007-08-21)
Genre	Blues rock
Length	48:52
Label	J&R Adventures
Producer	Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
You & Me (2006) Sloe Gin (2007) Live from Nowhere in Particular (2008)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Music website Allmusic gave Sloe Gin four out of five stars, with reviewer Steve Leggett claiming that the album showed how Bonamassa had "stepped up his songwriting ... and cut way down on his clichés, delivering in the process his most varied and impressive album yet".^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ball Peen Hammer" (Chris Whitley cover)	Chris Whitley	3:27
2.	"One of These Days" (Ten Years After cover)	Alvin Lee, Joe Bonamassa	5:40
3.	"Seagull" (Bad Company cover)	Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs	3:49
4.	"Dirt in My Pocket"	Bonamassa, James Huff	4:54
5.	"Sloe Gin" (Tim Curry cover)	Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen	8:13
6.	"Another Kind of Love" (John Mayall cover)	John Mayall	3:10
7.	"Around the Bend"	Bonamassa, Will Jennings	5:15
8.	"Black Night" (Charles Brown cover)	Jessie Mae Robinson	4:22
9.	"Jelly Roll" (John Martyn cover)	John Martyn	2:12
10.	"Richmond"	Bonamassa, Mike Himelstein	4:31
11.	"India"	Bonamassa, Rick Melick	3:19

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak
US Billboard 200[3]	184
US Billboard Top Blues Albums[1]	1
Dutch Albums Chart[4]	27
Swedish Albums Chart[5]	39
UK Albums Chart[6]	50

Personnel

Musical performers Joe Bonamassa – guitars, vocals Carmine Rojas – bass Anton Fig – drums, percussion Rick Melick – keyboards, tabla Bogie Bowles – hammered dulcimer, drums on "Seagull"

Additional personnel Jeff Bova – orchestration The Bovaland Symphonic Orchestra – strings Kevin Shirley – production, mixing Jared Kvitka – engineering Ryan Smith – mastering