Driving Towards the Daylight
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ReleasedMay 22, 2012
Recorded
- Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
- The Cave (Malibu, California)
Length56:19[1]
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| Released | May 22, 2012 | |||
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| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 56:19[1] | |||
| Label | Provogue Records J&R Records/Fontana | |||
| Producer | Kevin Shirley | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Classic Rock | [3] |
| Financial Times | [4] |
| The Independent | (not rated)[5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
Driving Towards the Daylight is the tenth studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa, released on May 22, 2012. Recorded at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA and Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas, NV, Driving Towards the Daylight is a balanced and "back-to-basics album that highlights Bonamassa’s signature style of blues, roots, and rock & roll".[7] Driving Towards the Daylight was produced by Kevin "Caveman" Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin), making this Bonamassa and Shirley's seventh album collaboration in six years.[8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dislocated Boy" | Joe Bonamassa | 6:40 |
| 2. | "Stones in My Passway" (Originally recorded by Robert Johnson) | Robert Johnson | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Driving Towards the Daylight" | Bonamassa, Danny Kortchmar | 4:50 |
| 4. | "Who's Been Talking?" (Originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf) | Chester Burnett | 3:28 |
| 5. | "I Got All You Need" (Originally recorded by Koko Taylor) | Willie Dixon | 3:04 |
| 6. | "A Place in My Heart" (Originally recorded by Bernie Marsden) | Bernie Marsden | 6:48 |
| 7. | "Lonely Town Lonely Street" (Originally recorded by Bill Withers) | Bill Withers | 7:08 |
| 8. | "Heavenly Soul" | Bonamassa | 5:55 |
| 9. | "New Coat of Paint" (Originally recorded by Tom Waits) | Tom Waits | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Somewhere Trouble Don't Go" (Originally recorded by Buddy Miller) | Buddy Miller† | 4:59 |
| 11. | "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" (feat. Jimmy Barnes; originally recorded by Jimmy Barnes) | Jimmy Barnes, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, Randy Jackson, Tony Brock | 5:37 |
| Total length: | 56:19 | ||
- ^† — erroneously listed as a Joe Bonamassa composition in the Driving Towards the Daylight CD booklet.
