Memphis Blues (album)

Memphis Blues
Studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	June 22, 2010 (2010-06-22)
Recorded	March 2010 in Electraphonic Studios, Memphis
Genre	Blues, Memphis blues, rock and roll, soul, blues rock
Length	45:24
Label	Downtown Records
Producer	Cyndi Lauper, Scott Bomar
Cyndi Lauper chronology
Bring Ya to the Brink (2008) Memphis Blues (2010) To Memphis, With Love (2011)
Singles from Memphis Blues
"Just Your Fool" Released: 18 May 2010[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
New York Post	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Memphis Blues is the eleventh studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, nominee for the Grammy Awards 2010, was released on June 22, 2010. On november of 2010, a Brazilian tabloid announced the album theres sold over 600,000 copies worldwide on November's 2010.^[5] Memphis Blues was voted the 7th best album of 2010 by tabloid global influence New York Post.^[6]

Background

Lauper announced via her official Twitter account in December 2009 that she would be recording a blues album. Sessions were held in March 2010 at Electrophonic Studios in Memphis, Tennessee with producer Scott Bomar, her frequent collaborator Bill Wittman and special guests B. B. King, Charlie Musselwhite, Ann Peebles and Allen Toussaint.^[7]

Promotion

Lauper performed songs from the album on The Late Show with David Letterman on June 14.^[8] Lauper is supporting the album with the Memphis Blues Tour.^[9]

Lauper appeared on The Joy Behar Show on June 21, The Howard Stern Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show on June 22, Good Morning America on June 23 and Live with Regis and Kelly on June 24.^[10]

Lauper was honored at the 2010 NARM Awards and performed several songs from the Memphis Blues album at the event.^[11]

Lauper appeared on The Early Show on July 20.^[12] She performed "Crossroads" with Jonny Lang on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 30.^[13]

Track listing

1. "Just Your Fool" (featuring Charlie Musselwhite) (Marion Walter Jacobs) – 3:35
2. "Shattered Dreams" (featuring Allen Toussaint) (Lowell Fulson, Washington Ferdinand) – 3:52
3. "Early in the Mornin'" (featuring Allen Toussaint and B.B. King) (Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan, Dallas Bartley) – 3:51
4. "Romance in the Dark" (Roxanne Seeman & Philipp Steinke) – 5:42
5. "How Blue Can You Get?" (featuring Jonny Lang) (Jane Feather) – 5:21
6. "Down Don't Bother Me" (featuring Charlie Musselwhite) (Albert King) – 3:01
7. "Don't Cry No More" (Don Robey) – 2:43
8. "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (featuring Ann Peebles) (Traditional) (Muddy Waters) – 3:26
9. "Down So Low" (Tracy Nelson) – 3:53
10. "Mother Earth" (featuring Allen Toussaint) (Memphis Slim, Peter Chatman) – 5:18
11. "Crossroads" (featuring Jonny Lang) (Robert Johnson) – 4:42
12. "Wild Women Don't Have the Blues" (Ida Cox) [Amazon.com MP3, Latin America and Europe bonus track] – 3:22
13. "I Don't Want to Cry" (featuring Leo Gandelman) (Chuck Jackson) [Latin America bonus track]^[14] – 4:27

Charts, certifications and precession

Weekly charts Memphis Blues debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Blues chart and at number #26 on the official Billboard 200, with moderately successful first week sales of more 16,000 copies [15], is Lauper's third-highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 of her career, only trailing her first two releases She's So Unusual and True Colors. The album remained at #1 on the Billboard Blues chart for thirteen weeks of totaling 40 weeks in the chart. In addition seven songs from the album ranked in the Top 25 on Billboard's Blues Digital Songs chart including a #1 bow for "Crossroads".[16] Chart (2010) Peak position Billboard 200[17] 26 Billboard Blues Albums Year-End Chart 1 Billboard Blues Albums[17] 1 Billboard Digital Albums 21 Billboard Independent Albums[17] 2 Billboard Tastemaker Albums 12 Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[18] 79 Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[19] 77 Cashbox Top Popular Albums 19 Cashbox Top Blues Albums 1 Canadian Albums Chart 45 German Albums Chart 77 Greek Albums Chart[20] 45 Swiss Albums Chart[21] 77 French Albums Chart[22] 31 Japanese Albums Chart[23] 11 UK Independent Albums[24] 13 UK Albums Chart 103 Preceded by Bingo! by The Steve Miller Band Billboard Top Blues Albums number-one albums July 10, 2010 – October 02, 2010 Succeeded by Icon: Etta James by Etta James Singles Year Songs Peak positions Billboard Digital Blues Songs Cashbox Blues Songs Canadian Blues Songs New Zealand Blues Songs Japan Blues Songs Irish Singles Chart 2010 "Just Your Fool" 1 2 1 10 1 66 "Crossroads" 1 50 — — 15 — "How Blue Can You Get?" 5 — 5 20 — — "Rollin' and Tumblin'" 2 — 3 2 4 — "Early in the Mornin'" 1 15 5 2 5 — "Romance in the Dark" 17 — — — — — "Shattered Dreams" 25 — — — 1 — "I Don't Want to Cry" — — — — 1 — Awards and nominations Grammy Year Nominated work Award Result 2010 Memphis Blues Best Traditional Blues Album Nominated[25] Personnel Scott Bomar – production B.B. King – guest vocals[26] Jonny Lang – vocals Cyndi Lauper – production, vocals Charlie Musselwhite - harmonica Ann Peebles – guest vocals "Skip" Charles Pitts Lester Snell[27] Allen Toussaint – keyboards William Wittman Howard Grimes – drums Leroy Hodges – bass Marc Franklin – trumpet Derrick Williams – tenor sax Kirk Smothers – baritone sax References ^ "Just Your Fool by Cyndi Lauper". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003LAUDGC. Retrieved August 25, 2010.  ^ Jurek, Thom. "Cyndi Lauper: Memphis Blues > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved October 11, 2011. ^ Aquilante, Dan (June 22, 2010). "Her true colors may be blues". New York Post (News Corporation). ISSN 1090-3321. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/lauper_changes_her_tune_1rpC1dT3XfuIIGj4ruaNNN. Retrieved October 11, 2011.  ^ Maerz, Melissa (June 21, 2010). "Cyndi Lauper: Memphis Blues". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow). ISSN 0035-791X. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/17385/182756. 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