Toward the Blues

Toward the Blues is a studio album by the Australian blues band Chain that reached No. 6 on the Kent Music Report albums chart.^[1] It is listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums (2010).^[2]

Toward the Blues
Studio album by Chain
Released	September 1971
Studio	T.C.S. Studios (Melbourne)
Genre	Blues
Length	42:38
Label	Infinity Records
Producer	Chain and John Sayers
Chain chronology
Chain Live (1970) Toward the Blues (1971) Live Again (1972)

The 30th anniversary edition (September 2001) of the album added an 's' to the word Toward of the album title, Towards the Blues.

Track listing

All songs written by Phil Manning, Barry Harvey, Barry Sullivan and Matt Taylor; except where noted.

Original edition

1. "32/20" (Robert Johnson, Traditional, arranged by Chain)
2. "Snatch It Back and Hold It" (Junior Wells)
3. "Boogie"
4. "Booze Is Bad News Blues"
5. "Albert Gooses Gonna Turn the Blues Loose"
6. "Black and Blue"

30th anniversary edition

1. "Black and Blue" (single version)
2. "Judgement"
3. "Blow in D"
4. "Thirty Two Twenty Blues" (Robert Johnson, Traditional arranged by Chain)
5. "Snatch It Back and Hold It" (Junior Wells)
6. "Boogie"
7. "Booze Is Bad News Blues"
8. "Albert Gooses Gonna Turn the Blues"
9. "Black and Blue" (original album version)

Charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	6

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[3]	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
2. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Victoria: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
3. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.