Breaking Out (album)

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Breaking Out

Original vinyl cover

Studio album by

Buddy Guy

Released

December 1980

Recorded

September 1980

Studio

Sound Station, Chicago

Genre

Blues, Chicago Blues

Length

38:02 (original release), 46:54 (first CD release), 52:38 (1996 reissue), 74:10 (2008 reissue)

Label

JSP

Producer

Buddy Guy, John Stedman

Buddy Guy chronology

The Blues Giant
(1979)

Breaking Out
(1980)

DJ Play My Blues
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[2]

Breaking Out is the fifth studio album by Buddy Guy. It was released in 1980 on JSP Records.

Recordings

The original album tracks were recorded at Sound Station, Chicago, IL, in September 1980 with session musicians. They recorded two more tracks on these sessions, "Feeling Sexy" and "Funk Is The Skunk". These were originally released on JSP LP Buddy & Philip Guy in 1981.^[3]

CD releases

It was released on CD first on JSP at the end of the 80s with a bonus track ("Feeling Sexy") and an alternate cover. The 1996 CD release includes two bonus tracks (which were recorded on another session at Soto Sound Studios in 1981). The 2008 CD release includes three bonus tracks from the 1981 Soto Sound sessions. These five tracks were previously released on Phil Guy's albums, The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy (1982) and Bad Luck Boy (1983). All of the CD releases have alternate covers.^[4]

Original track listing

"I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:00
"Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:22
"She Winked At Me" - 4:55
"Boogie Family Style" - 4:01
"Break Out All Over You" - 4:10
"You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:06
"Me and My Guitar" (Freddie King) - 4:49
"You Can Make It If You Try" (Ted Jarrett) - 4:39

First CD release bonus track

"Feeling Sexy" - 8:52

1996 reissue track listing

"Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:22
"You Can Make It If You Try" - 4:39
"Break Out All over You (Poison Ivy)" - 4:10
"She Winked At Me" - 4:55
"I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:00
"Boogie Family Style" - 4:01
"You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:06
"Me and My Guitar" - 4:49
"Ice Around My Heart" - 8:53
"Texas Flood" - 5:43

2008 reissue track listing

"Have You Ever Been Lonesome" - 6:25
"You Can Make It If You Try" - 4:42
"Break Out All over You (Poison Ivy)" - 4:13
"She Winked At Me" - 5:08
"I Didn't Know My Mother Had a Son Like Me" - 5:02
"Boogie Family Style" - 4:03
"You Called Me in My Dream" - 4:01
"Me and My Guitar" - 5:04
"Breaking Out On Top" - 7:25
"Skin & Bones / Money" - 8:24
"Love Is Like Quicksand" - 5:06
"Ice Around My Heart" - 8:53
"Texas Flood" - 5:44^[5]

Personnel

Original album + "Feeling Sexy":^[6]^[7]

Buddy Guy - guitar, vocals all except "Feeling Sexy"
Phil Guy - guitar, vocals on "Feeling Sexy"
William McDonald - guitar
Nick Charles - bass
Jene Pickett - keyboards
Merle Perkins - drums

1998 & 2006 Reissue bonus tracks:^[6]

Phil Guy - guitar, vocals
Buddy Guy - guitar
Doug Williams - guitar
Eddie "Professor" Lusk - keyboards
Maurice John Vaughn - saxophone
J. W. Williams - bass
Ray Allison - drums

References

^ Breaking Out at AllMusic
^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
^ "Buddy Guy And Philip Guy – Buddy & Phil (1981, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Buddy Guy - Breaking Out". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Breaking Out by Buddy Guy on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 1936-07-30. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
^ ^a ^b Breaking Out (booklet) (Media notes). London: JSP Records.
^ Buddy & Phil (back cover) (Media notes). London: JSP Records.

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Discography
Studio albums	Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) A Man and the Blues (1968) Hold That Plane! (1972) The Blues Giant (1979) Breaking Out (1980) DJ Play My Blues (1982) Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (1991) Feels Like Rain (1993) Slippin' In (1994) Heavy Love (1998) Sweet Tea (2001) Blues Singer (2003) Bring 'Em In (2005) Skin Deep (2008) Living Proof (2010) Rhythm & Blues (2013) Born to Play Guitar (2015) The Blues Is Alive and Well (2018) The Blues Don't Lie (2022)
Collaboration albums	Hoodoo Man Blues (1965) Pleading the Blues (1979) The Red Hot Blues of Phil Guy (1982) Bad Luck Boy (1983) All Star Chicago Blues Session (1994)
Live albums	Live Recording at Yuhbin-Chokin Hall (1975, with Junior Wells) The Dollar Done Fell (1980) Live: The Real Deal (1996) Live at Legends (2012)
Compilation albums	Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (1999)
Related articles	Rashawnna Guy (daughter) Phil Guy (brother) Chicago blues Electric blues Junior Wells Buddy Guy's Legends Checkerboard Lounge

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