The Back Door Wolf
Studio album by
Howlin' Wolf
Released1973 (1973)
RecordedAugust 14 & 17, 1973
StudioChess Recording, Chicago
GenreBlues
Length39:06
LabelChess
ProducerRalph Bass
Howlin' Wolf chronology
Live and Cookin'
(1972) 		The Back Door Wolf
(1973) 		London Revisited
(1974)

The Back Door Wolf is the final studio album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1973.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[3]

In a retrospective AllMusic review, critic Cub Koda wrote: "This, Wolf's last hurrah, is his final studio album. Cut with his regular working band, the Wolf Gang, everything here works well ... Not the place to start a Wolf collection by any means, but a great place to end up".[1]

Track listing

All compositions credited to Chester Burnett except where noted

  1. "Moving" – 2:44
  2. "Coon on the Moon" (Eddie Shaw) – 3:44
  3. "Speak Now Woman" (James Oden) – 4:50
  4. "Trying to Forget You" (Shaw) – 3:33
  5. "Stop Using Me" – 2:52
  6. "Leave Here Walking" (Shaw) – 2:30
  7. "The Back Door Wolf" (Shaw, Ralph Bass) – 4:02
  8. "You Turn Slick on Me" (Emery Williams Jr.) – 4:50
  9. "The Watergate Blues" (Shaw) – 3:10
  10. "Can't Stay Here" (Andrew McMahon) – 2:31

Additional track on CD reissue

  2. "Speak Now Woman" [Alternate take] (Oden) – 4:20[1]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d Koda, Cub. Howlin' Wolf: The Back Door Wolf – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Howlin' Wolf Sessionography, Depanorama.net, accessed September 19, 2019
  3. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. ^ "The Back Door Wolf - Howlin' Wolf | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
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