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1999 studio album by Boozoo Chavis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Who Stole My Monkey? is an album by the American musician Boozoo Chavis, released in 1999.[1][2] He is credited with his band, the Majic Sounds (billed on the cover as the Magic Sounds). Who Stole My Monkey? was the first zydeco album to include a Parental Advisory label.[3] Chavis supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
| Who Stole My Monkey? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | September 1998 | |||
| Studio | Dockside | |||
| Genre | Zydeco | |||
| Label | Rounder | |||
| Producer | Scott Billington | |||
| Boozoo Chavis chronology | ||||
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Recorded at Dockside Studio, in Maurice, Louisiana, the album was produced by Scott Billington.[5] Chavis's son Charles sang lead on "Sock It to Me" and "Marksville Slide".[6] The album packaging advises that the concluding two songs, "Uncle Bud" and "Deacon Jones", are not suitable for airplay due to their X-rated lyrics; the songs were originally released as "under-the-counter" 45s.[6][7] "Lucille" is a version of the Clifton Chenier song.[8]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [9] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [10] |
| Tucson Citizen | A[11] |
The Charleston Daily Mail wrote that Chavis's "chugging, circular, single-chord style has proved to be all but inimitable."[12] The Orlando Sentinel said that "Boozoo, [bassist Classie] Ballou and guitarist Carlton 'Guitar' Thomas create complicated harmonic structures with Thomas sometimes echoing Boozoo's phrases, sometimes embellishing them, sometimes supporting them with simple chords and sometimes developing miniature counter-melodies."[6] The Wall Street Journal determined that Chavis's "in-your-face style marks a throwback to a day when musical intensity mattered more than pristine technique or production values."[13]
The Chicago Tribune stated that Chavis "bypasses familiar verse-chorus-verse structures and 4/4 tempos for old-fashioned, cycling riffs and off-kilter, two-step grooves."[14] The San Diego Union-Tribune determined that "his earthy, no-fuss music combines Creole and Cajun traditions with blues, without diluting any of them."[15] The Washington Post opined that the title track gets "mired in the same old drum-bass-rubboard boom-scratcha boom-scratcha of a dozen other zydeco songs."[16] The Tucson Citizen praised the "reedy squeezebox, good-time vocal delivery and playful way with the lyric."[11]
AllMusic wrote that "Boozoo lays down tunes just like he was working a dance in Louisiana rather than making a record in the sterile confines of a recording studio."[9]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dance All Night" | |
| 2. | "Who Stole My Monkey?" | |
| 3. | "Marksville Slide" | |
| 4. | "I'm Going Away to Stay" | |
| 5. | "I Went to the Dance" | |
| 6. | "Oh Yeah" | |
| 7. | "I Want to Go Home" | |
| 8. | "Lucille" | |
| 9. | "Ay, Cayenne" | |
| 10. | "Baby Please Don't Go" | |
| 11. | "Valse de Derniere Fois" | |
| 12. | "Sock It to Me" | |
| 13. | "Bottle Up and Go" | |
| 14. | "Allons a Lafayette" | |
| 15. | "Uncle Bud" | |
| 16. | "Deacon Jones" |
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