Down Two Then Left

Down Two Then Left
Studio album by Boz Scaggs
Released November 1977
Studio Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Length 42:21
Label Columbia
Producer Joseph Wissert
Boz Scaggs chronology
Silk Degrees
(1976)		 Down Two Then Left
(1977)		 Middle Man
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated.

Side One

  1. "Still Falling for You" – 3:52
  2. "Hard Times" – 4:26
  3. "A Clue" – 3:53
  4. "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" (Scaggs, Jai Winding) – 3:50
  5. "We're Waiting" (Michael Omartian, Scaggs) – 6:19

Side Two

  1. "Hollywood" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 3:08
  2. "Then She Walked Away" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:04
  3. "Gimme the Goods" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:11
  4. "1993" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:01
  5. "Tomorrow Never Came/Tomorrow Never Came (Reprise)" – 4:38[1]

Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.[3]

Personnel

  • Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, background vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
  • Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar
  • Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
  • Jay Graydon – guitar, guitar solo (7)
  • David Hungate – bass (1)
  • Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, timbales (8)
  • Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
  • Alan Estes – congas (4)
  • Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
  • Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
  • Dana Hughes – trombone
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
  • Barbara Korn – French horn
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Don Menza – saxophone
  • Fred Selden – saxophone, flute
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone
  • Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
  • Carolyn Willis – background vocals (1, 5, 6, 7), voices (verses, 4)
  • Jim Gilstrap – background vocals (2)
  • John Lehman – background vocals (2, 3)
  • Zedric Turnbough – background vocals (2)
  • Venetta Fields – background vocals (3)
  • Roy Galloway – background vocals (3)
  • Phyllis Saint James – background vocals (3, 7)
  • Terry Evans – background vocals (4)
  • Bobby King – background vocals (4)
  • Eldridge King – background vocals (4)
  • Julia Tillman Waters – background vocals (6)
  • Myrna Matthews – background vocals (6, 7)
  • Stan Farber – background vocals (9)
  • Jim Haas – background vocals (9)

Production

  • Producer – Joe Wissert
  • Engineer – Tom Perry
  • Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
  • Design – Nancy Donald
  • Photography – Guy Bourdin
  • Management – Irving Azoff

References

  1. 1 2 Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  2. ↑ "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  3. ↑ "Boz Scaggs - Hard Times / We're Waiting - Columbia - USA - 3-10606". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
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