Talk to Your Daughter is a blues rock album by the American musician Robben Ford, released in 1988.[1][2] The cover version of Albert King's "Born Under a Bad Sign" was used on the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood movie Pink Cadillac.

Talk to Your Daughter
Studio album by
Released1988
Recorded1988
StudioSounder Recording (Chatsworth, CA)
Take One Studios (Burbank, CA)
The Complex (Los Angeles, CA)
Mad Hatter Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Smoketree (Chatsworth, CA)
Quad Recording Studios (New York City, NY)
GenreBlues rock
Length41:53
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerScott Ferguson, Robben Ford
Robben Ford chronology
The Inside Story
(1979)
Talk to Your Daughter
(1988)
Minor Elegance
with Joe Diorio

(1989)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings    [4]
Windsor StarA[5]

The Windsor Star wrote that the album "is one of the most challenging, enjoyable new releases of 1988... Talk To Your Daughter combines some traditional blues elements, as in 'Born Under a Bad Sign' and the marvellous title tune, with more adventurous things, like 'Help the Poor', to create an aural tapestry of bluesy music that is played with intensity and a strong sense of balance."[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Talk to Your Daughter" (J. B. Lenoir) – 4:06
  2. "Wild About You (Can't Hold Out Much Longer)" (Walter Jacobs) – 3:46
  3. "Help the Poor" (Charles Singleton) – 5:37
  4. "Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Larry Fotine, Don George) – 4:34
  5. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 3:45
  6. "I Got Over It" (Ike Turner) – 3:22
  7. "Revelation" (Russell Ferrante, Lorraine Perry) – 6:21
  8. "Getaway" (Robben Ford) – 4:17
  9. "Can't Let Her Go" (Ford) – 5:36

Charts

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 62[6]

Personnel

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Additional personnel

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  • Vince Denham – saxophones on "I Got Over It"
  • Brandon Fields – saxophones on "Wild About You (Can't Hold Out Much Longer)"
  • Mark Ford – harmonica on "Can't Let Her Go" and "I Got Over It"
  • Brian Mann – synthesizers on "Help the Poor"
  • Bill Payne – additional synthesizers on "Can't Let Her Go"
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums on "I Got Over It"

Production

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  • Scott Ferguson – producer
  • Robben Ford – producer
  • Jeff Hendrickson – mixing, overdub engineer
  • Toby Wright – mixing
  • Mark Creamer – mixing, tracking engineer, overdub engineer
  • Geoff Gillette – mixing
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • David Hentschel – tracking engineer, overdub engineer
  • Shep Lonsdale – tracking engineer, overdub engineer
  • Duncan Aldridge, Hal Sacks, Rick Slater, John Slattery – overdub engineers
  • Bob Fuojinski, Bob Levy, Larry Mah, Micajah Ryan, Bret Swain – assistant engineers
  • Joan Parker – production coordinator
  • Timothy White, Mike Russ – photography

References

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  1. ^ Duffy, Thom (7 Aug 1988). "Music". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 5.
  2. ^ "The birth of new popularity". USA Today. 4 Oct 1988. p. 4D.
  3. ^ Talk to Your Daughter at AllMusic
  4. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  5. ^ a b Shaw, Ted (17 Sep 1988). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. C2.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 115. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.