The Scene of the Crime
Studio album by
Bettye LaVette
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)
RecordedFAME Studios
(Muscle Shoals, Alabama)
Water Music Recording Studio
(Hoboken, New Jersey)
Chase Park Transduction
(Athens, Georgia)
GenreSoul, R&B, blues, rock
Length41:22
LabelAnti-
ProducerBettye LaVette, David Barbe, Patterson Hood
Bettye LaVette chronology
I've Got My Own Hell to Raise
(2005) 		The Scene of the Crime
(2007) 		Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC Music(favorable)[2]
Billboard(favorable)[3]
Blender[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[5]
The Guardian[6]
PopMatters7/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
The Village Voice(favorable)[10]

The Scene of the Crime is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Bettye LaVette, released in the United States on September 25, 2007 on the label ANTI-. It is a collaboration with Drive-By Truckers as backing band, Spooner Oldham on piano, and other studio musicians. The album debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

  1. "I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)" (Eddie Hinton) – 3:45
    • Originally recorded by Eddie Hinton
  2. "Choices" (Billy Yates, Mike Curtis) – 3:04
  3. "Jealousy" (Frankie Miller) – 5:36
    • Originally recorded by Frankie Miller
  4. "You Don't Know Me at All" (Don Henley, John Corey, Stan Lynch) – 3:58
    • Originally recorded by Don Henley
  5. "Somebody Pick Up My Pieces" (Willie Nelson) – 5:22
    • Originally recorded by Willie Nelson
  6. "They Call It Love" (W. T. Davidson) – 3:57
  7. "The Last Time" (John Hiatt) – 2:58
    • Originally recorded by John Hiatt
  8. "Talking Old Soldiers" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 4:26
    • Originally recorded by Elton John
  9. "Before the Money Came (The Battle of Bettye LaVette)" (Bettye LaVette, Patterson Hood) – 4:30
  10. "I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now" (Ed Pettersen, Kim McLean) – 3:46

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for The Scene of the Crime
Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 13
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] 46
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[13] 1

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ BBC Music review
  3. ^ Billboard review
  4. ^ Blender review[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  6. ^ "CD: Bettye LaVette, The Scene of the Crime". The Guardian. 2007-09-21. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23.
  7. ^ PopMatters review
  8. ^ Rolling Stone review
  9. ^ Slant Magazine review
  10. ^ The Village Voice review
  11. ^ "Bettye LaVette Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  12. ^ "Bettye LaVette Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  13. ^ "Bettye LaVette Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2023.

External links

Bettye LaVette
Drive-By Truckers
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