Howlin' Wolf (album)

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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf cover
Studio album by Howlin' Wolf
Released 1962
Genre Blues
Length 31:57
Label Chess Records
Professional reviews
Howlin' Wolf chronology
Howlin' Wolf Sings the Blues (1962) Howlin' Wolf (1962) Moanin' in the Moonlight (1962)

Howlin' Wolf is the second album from blues singer Howlin' Wolf. It is also called The Rockin' Chair Album. In 2003, the album was ranked number 223 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Shake for Me" (Willie Dixon)
  2. "The Red Rooster" (Dixon)
  3. "You'll Be Mine" (Dixon)
  4. "Who's Been Talkin'" (Howlin' Wolf)
  5. "Wang Dang Doodle" (Dixon)
  6. "Little Baby" (Dixon)
  7. "Spoonful" (Dixon)
  8. "Going Down Slow" (St. Louis Jimmy Oden)
  9. "Down in the Bottom" (Dixon)
  10. "Back Door Man" (Dixon)
  11. "Howlin' for My Baby" (Dixon, Howlin' Wolf)
  12. "Tell Me" (Howlin' Wolf)

[edit] Reissue

In 1984 this album was reissued by Chess Records as CH9183. The cover picture was changed slightly to remove "The Rockin' Chair Album" text and replace it with an eliptical logo that reads "CHICAGO 26 Golden years Single Album", and the "VOGUE" trademark was replaced with the "CH 9183" identifier.

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