Everybody's Talkin' (Tedeschi Trucks Band album)

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Everybody's Talkin'
Live album by
ReleasedMay 22, 2012
RecordedOctober 2011 (See details below)
GenreRock, blues rock, blues, soul
Length103:04
LabelSony Masterworks, Sony Music Entertainment
ProducerDerek Trucks
Tedeschi Trucks Band chronology
Revelator
(2011)
Everybody's Talkin'
(2012)
Made Up Mind
(2013)

Everybody's Talkin' is the second album and the first live album by the 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band and was released in 2012 by Sony Masterworks. It's been released as a 2-CD and 3-CD set as well as a three disc vinyl set. The title comes from the song carrying the same name, formerly a hit for Harry Nilsson. The band's cover is a hybrid of the Nilsson and Bill Withers versions.[1]

The songs on the album are a compilation of recordings from the following three nights

  • October 25, 2011 at The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON by Embrace Presents
  • October 28, 2011 at the Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C.
  • October 29, 2011 at Fairfield Theatre Compagny at The Klein, Bridgeport, CT

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Trucks stated many of the tracks came from the almost-cancelled Bridgeport, CT show. "There was a real loose feeling to it, which ended up being great. We used a lot of stuff from that night."[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz [2]
Allmusic [3]
PopMatters [4]
Rolling Stone [5]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Thom Jurek wrote "It's an unusual live record because its balance of sonic precision and stage-born kinetics is perfect—this band transitions seamlessly between R&B, blues, rock, gospel, and jazz. These performances never succumb to mere jam band clichés... Everybody's Talkin' is what every live album should be: an accurate, exciting reflection of a hot band playing full-throttle." He especially praised Tedeschi as "among the truly great singers in modern blues and rock; by turns graceful and grainy, her expression reaches the spiritual in execution."[3] Will Layman of PopMatters praised the performances and called it "the kind of music that shamelessly moves at you with emotion and soul".[4] Doug Collette of All About Jazz generally praised the album, especially the sound, but was critical of the length of the songs, commenting on the "shortage of instrumental fireworks".[2]

The review aggregator site, Metacritic calculated an average score of 75 based on 6 reviews.[6]

Track listing[edit]

Disc 1[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everybody's Talkin'"Fred Neil5:31
2."Midnight In Harlem (Swamp Raga intro with Little Martha)"Duane Allman / Mike Mattison, Derek Trucks10:23
3."Learn How to Love"Adam Deitch, Eric Krasno, Adam Smirnoff, Susan Tedeschi, Trucks9:27
4."Bound for Glory"Mattison, Tedeschi, Trucks12:53
5."Rollin' and Tumblin'"Muddy Waters4:41
6."Nobody's Free"Oteil Burbridge, Tyler Greenwell, Mattison, Tedeschi, Trucks10:24
7."Darling Be Home Soon"John Sebastian10:04
Total length:60:04

Disc 2[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That Did It"P. Woods7:58
2."Uptight"Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder15:32
3."Love Has Something Else To Say (with Kissing My Love)"D. Bramhall, O. Burbridge, Mattison, Trucks / Bill Withers11:03
4."Wade in the Water"James W. Alexander, Sam Cooke8:24
Total length:43:00

Personnel[edit]

Credits[edit]

  • Producers - Derek Trucks
  • Engineers - Bobby Tis
  • Additional Engineer - Marty Wall
  • Mixing - Jim Scott
  • Mastering - Bob Ludwig

Chart positions[edit]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 87

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ernsberger, Parry. "Derek Trucks Talks About New Live Album, the Allman Brothers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Collette, Doug. "Everybody's Talkin' > Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Everybody's Talkin' > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Layman, Will. "Everybody's Talkin' > Review". PopMatters. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  5. '^ Scherman, Tony. "Everybody's Talkin > Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  6. '^ "Everybody's Talkin". Metacritic. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  7. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved March 20, 2016.