Down Two Then Left
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Down Two Then Left |
| type | studio |
| artist | Boz Scaggs |
| cover | Downtwo.jpg |
| released | November 1977 |
| studio | Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California |
| genre | Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul |
| length | 43:02 |
| label | Columbia |
| producer | Joe Wissert |
| prev_title | Silk Degrees |
| prev_year | 1976 |
| next_title | Middle Man |
| next_year | 1980 |
| :: |
| name = Down Two Then Left | type = studio | artist = Boz Scaggs | cover = Downtwo.jpg | alt = | released = November 1977 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California | genre = Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul | length = 43:02 | label = Columbia | producer = Joe Wissert | prev_title = Silk Degrees | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = Middle Man | next_year = 1980 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide |rev2Score = B |rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide |rev3score = |rev4 = Variety |rev4Score = (favourable) Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200. This album is notable for having the first appearance of Steve Lukather on a Boz Scaggs album.
Track listing
|all_writing = Boz Scaggs, with additional contributors noted | title1 = Still Falling for You | length1 = 3:54 | title2 = Hard Times | length2 = 4:30 | title3 = A Clue | length3 = 3:58 | title4 = Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man | length4 = 3:54 | writer4 = Jai Winding | title5 = We're Waiting | length5 = 6:24 | writer5 = Michael Omartian | title6 = Hollywood | length6 = 3:10 | writer6 = Omartian | title7 = Then She Walked Away | length7 = 4:06 | writer7 = Omartian | title8 = Gimme the Goods | length8 = 4:15 | writer8 = Omartian | title9 = 1993 | length9 = 4:05 | writer9 = Omartian | title10 = Tomorrow Never Came | length10 = 4:41 | writer10 = Omartian | total_length = 43:02
Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1977–78) | Peak position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | |---|---|---| | 4 | | | ::
Year-end charts
::data[format=table]
| Chart (1978) | Position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) | US Billboard 200 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | |||||
| 100 | |||||
| 15 | |||||
| 88 | |||||
| :: |
Certifications
Personnel
- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
- Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
- Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
- Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
- Jay Graydon – guitars, guitar solo (7)
- David Hungate – bass (1)
- Scott Edwards – bass (2–10)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
- Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
- Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
- Alan Estes – congas (4)
- Don Menza – saxophones
- Fred Selden – saxophones, flute
- Ernie Watts – saxophones
- Dana Hughes – trombone
- Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Barbara Korn – French horn
- David Duke – French horn
- Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
- Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5–7), voices (verses, 4)
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
- John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
- Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
- Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
- Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
- Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
- Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
- Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
- Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
- Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
- Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Producer – Joe Wissert
- Engineer – Tom Perry
- Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
- Design – Nancy Donald
- Photography – Guy Bourdin (features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant)
References
References
- Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com.
- Christgau, Robert. (1981). "[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]". [[Ticknor & Fields]].
- (1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
- (30 November 1977). "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs".
- "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com.
- Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
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- (17 July 2013). "Top 100 Albums of '78". [[Library and Archives Canada]].
- "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". [[Recorded Music New Zealand]].
- "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1978".
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- "DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia)". Facebook.
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- "1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left".
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