Don't Blame Me (album)

Don't Blame Me
Studio album by Marc Ribot
Released	November 21, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	47:30
Label	DIW
Producer	Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot chronology
Shrek (1994) Don't Blame Me (1995) Shoe String Symphonettes (1997)

Don't Blame Me is a 1995 album of solo guitar recorded by Marc Ribot and released on the Japanese DIW label. It features several interpretations of jazz standards, showtunes, and modern jazz compositions as well as three improvisations by Ribot.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Beatty awarded the album 3 stars stating "Though probably a must-have for completists and ardent fans of New York City's downtown avant-garde, Don't Blame Me isn't the place for the uninitiated to begin".^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:50
2. "Noise 1" (Marc Ribot) – 2:22
3. "Don't Blame Me" (Fields, McHugh) – 5:51
4. "Ghosts" (Albert Ayler) – 4:54
5. "Spigot" (Ribot) – 4:10
6. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 3:04
7. "Bouncin' Around" (Gus Deloof) – 3:18
8. "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 4:35
9. "Dinah" (Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 3:09
10. "Song for Ché" (Charlie Haden) – 4:44
11. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 2:20
12. "Noise 2" (Ribot) – 2:06
13. "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 4:11

Personnel

• Marc Ribot – guitars

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Beatty, B. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.