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Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | Livin' It Down | | 2:39 | | 2 | | Gotta Get It Worked On | | 4:00 | | 3 | | When Rita Leaves | | 4:26 | | 4 | | Squeeze Me In | | 2:53 | | 5 | | Birmingham Tonight | | 4:00 | | 6 | | Baggage Claim | | 3:27 | | 7 | | All Night Long | | 4:03 |
See more tracks| 8 | | Don't Leave Home Without It | | 3:38 | | 9 | | Desperation | | 3:23 | | 10 | | Nothin' Lasts Forever | | 3:05 | | 11 | | Read Me My Rights | | 4:37 | | 12 | | All There Is Of Me | | 5:35 | | 13 | | Watchin' The Rain | | 3:35 |
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Review
Someone forgot to tell Delbert McClinton that rhythm & blues veterans seldom make great records four decades into their career. Typically, the most you can expect from even a gifted journeyman this far down the line is punch-the-clock competence and occasional flashes of fire. But this Texan comes roaring out of the gate on Nothing Personal. The album unfolds like a road map of Americana from one of its most-traveled lights, encompassing roadhouse rockers about being wronged ("Livin' It Down"), an old-school country lament for an unforgotten… Read More flame ("Birmingham Tonight"), a salty kiss-and-tell with a New Orleans groove ("All Night Long") and a rootsy slab of pure, uncut Jimmy Reed-style blues ("Nothing Lasts Forever"). McClinton's stonewashed voice turns tender on "Don't Leave Home Without It" and droll on "Watchin' the Rain," a Zen-like skiffle tune whose protagonist chucks the rat race: "Now I'm where I wanna be/Sittin' here watchin' the rain." In his own way, McClinton is like that character, having made Nothing Personal to suit himself and not the market-minded music biz. How sweet it is. (RS 870 - June 7, 2001) PARKE PUTERBAUGH
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