Different Shades of Blue

Different Shades of Blue is the eleventh studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on September 22, 2014.

Different Shades of Blue
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	September 22, 2014
Studio	Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas, Nevada) The Cave (Malibu, California)
Genre	Blues rock
Length	48:19 (standard edition) 1:05:37 (Best Buy edition)
Label	J&R Records
Producer	Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Seesaw (2013) Different Shades of Blue (2014) Blues of Desperation (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
PopMatters	(8/10)[2]

The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, which makes this Bonamassa's highest charting album, and his first top 10 on the chart.^[3] It was ranked No. 3 on Billboard's Year End Blues Album Chart of 2015.^[4] It has sold 96,000 copies in the United States as of February 2016.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"	Jimi Hendrix	1:19
2.	"Oh Beautiful!"	Bonamassa, James House	5:28
3.	"Love Ain't a Love Song"	Bonamassa, Jerry Flowers	3:48
4.	"Living on the Moon"	Bonamassa, House	3:21
5.	"Heartache Follows Wherever I Go"	Bonamassa, House	4:33
6.	"Never Give All Your Heart"	Bonamassa, Jonathan Cain	5:24
7.	"I Gave Up Everything for You, 'Cept the Blues"	Bonamassa, Flowers, Jeffrey Steele	4:39
8.	"Different Shades of Blue"	Bonamassa, House	4:39
9.	"Get Back My Tomorrow"	Bonamassa, Flowers, Steele	4:46
10.	"Trouble Town"	Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson	4:56
11.	"So, What Would I Do"	Bonamassa	5:26
12.	"Scarlet Town (Best Buy Exclusive)"	Bob Dylan	7:57
13.	"Better The Devil You Know (Best Buy Exclusive)"	Bonamassa	4:41
14.	"Black Irish Eyes (Best Buy Exclusive)"	Bonamassa	4:33

Personnel

Musicians Joe Bonamassa – guitar, vocals Reese Wynans – organ, piano Anton Fig – drums, percussion Carmine Rojas – bass Michael Rhodes – bass Lenny Castro – percussion Doug Henthorn – background vocals Melanie Williams – background vocals Lee Thornburg – horn arrangements, trombone, trumpet Ron Dziubla – saxophone The Bovaland Orchestra – strings Jeff Bova – string arrangements

Production Rik Gould – photography Mark Everton Gray – engineer Erik Kabik – photography Philippe Klose – photography Bob Ludwig – mastering Kevin Shirley – engineer, mixing, producer Brent Spear – technician at The Palms Dennis Friel – design, artwork

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]	8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	19
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9]	15
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10]	12
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11]	11
French Albums (SNEP)[12]	27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14]	63
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16]	18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18]	22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	5
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	9
US Billboard 200[21]	8
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22]	1
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[23]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24]	3
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[25]	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[26]	Gold	10,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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2. Beaudoin, Jedd (1 October 2014). "Joe Bonamassa: Different Shades of Blue | PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
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26. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2021 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 26, 2021.