This Is Where I Live
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| This Is Where I Live | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 3, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues, Americana, soul,[1] roots | |||
| Length | 38:49 | |||
| Label | Stax | |||
| Producer | John Leventhal | |||
| William Bell chronology | ||||
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This Is Where I Live is an album by William Bell released on June 3, 2016 in the US and July 8, 2016 elsewhere. It won Bell a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.[2]
Reception
[edit | edit source]| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 86/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| All About Jazz | [5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| The Independent | [7] |
| The Irish Times | [8] |
| Mojo | [9] |
| Paste | 9.2/10[10] |
| The Telegraph | [11] |
| Tom Hull | B[12] |
| Uncut | 8/10[13] |
PopMatters gave the album 8 out of 10 stars, calling it "an imperative listen for anyone claiming to be a fan of rhythm and blues, both old and new."[14]
Following his Grammy win, streaming of "Born Under A Bad Sign" (which Bell performed at the ceremony with Gary Clark Jr.) on Spotify increased by 4,950%, with overall streams increasing by 680%. Similarly, streaming of Bell's music on Pandora increased by 12,085%.[15]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Three of Me" | William Bell, John Leventhal, Marc Cohn | 3:24 |
| 2. | "The House Always Wins" | Bell, Leventhal, Cory Chisel, Scott Bomar | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Poison in the Well" | Bell, Leventhal, Cohn | 3:15 |
| 4. | "I Will Take Care of You" | Bell, Leventhal | 2:52 |
| 5. | "Born Under a Bad Sign" | Bell, Booker T. Jones | 3:17 |
| 6. | "All Your Stories" | Jesse Winchester | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Walking on a Tightrope" | Leventhal, Rosanne Cash | 2:52 |
| 8. | "This Is Where I Live" | Bell, Leventhal | 3:14 |
| 9. | "More Rooms" | Bell, Leventhal, Cohn | 4:19 |
| 10. | "All the Things You Can't Remember" | Bell, Leventhal, Cohn | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Mississippi-Arkansas Bridge" | Bell, Leventhal, Cohn | 3:47 |
| 12. | "People Want to Go Home" | Bell, Leventhal | 2:58 |
References
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- ^ William Bell has forgotten nothing, it seems, least of all how to make wonderful, eternal soul music. [Aug 2016, p.88]
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- ^ The septuagenarian may not possess the range he once had, but Bell's voice wears the years gracefully. [Aug 2016, p.71]
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