Love Comin' Down - Wikiwand

Love Comin' Down is an album by the Canadian musician Sue Foley, released in 2000.^[1]^[2] She supported it with a North American tour.^[3] The album won a Maple Blues Award for recording of the year, as well as a Juno Award for best blues album.^[4]^[5]

Produced by Colin Linden, the album was recorded at Bathouse Recording Studio.^[6]^[7] Many of the songs were inspired by Foley's divorce.^[8] Lucinda Williams contributed backing vocals to "Empty Cup".^[9] "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')" is a cover of the song made famous by Barbara Lynn; Foley had toured with Lynn in the early 1990s.^[8] "Same Thing" was written by Willie Dixon.^[10] "You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree" is a cover of the Freddie King song.^[11] "Mediterranean Breakfast" is an instrumental.^[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
DownBeat	^[13]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	^[14]

Track listing

*Love Comin' Down* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Two Trains"	4:32
2.	"Empty Cup"	4:46
3.	"Love Comin' Down"	4:20
4.	"You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree"	3:27
5.	"Same Thing"	5:34
6.	"Let My Tears Fall Down"	3:12
7.	"Let Me Drive"	2:39
8.	"To Be Next to You"	4:09
9.	"Mediterranean Breakfast"	4:29
10.	"Am I Worthy"	2:52
11.	"Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')"	4:43
12.	"How Strong"	3:50
Total length:	48:33

References

↑ Komara, Edward M. (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues: A-J. Routledge. p. 335.
↑ Regenstreif, Mike (June 15, 2000). "Blues". The Gazette. Montreal. p. C15.
↑ Hay, Carla (June 10, 2000). "Foley's Roots". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 24. p. 28.
↑ "Guitarist Foley dominates Maple Blues Awards show". Entertainment. The Kingston Whig-Standard. February 7, 2001. p. 26.
↑ Caldwell, Rebecca (March 5, 2001). "Furtado takes home four big ones". The Globe and Mail. p. A13.
↑ Fuller, Cam (June 22, 2000). "Foley singing the blues". The StarPhoenix. p. C1.
↑ Smiderle, Wes (May 25, 2000). "A personal thing". The Ottawa Citizen. p. E3.
1 2 Chamberlain, Adrian (May 19, 2000). "Bad Love, Great Blues". Times Colonist. p. D1.
↑ North, Peter (June 28, 2000). "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, Foley reasoned when heading west". Edmonton Journal. p. C3.
↑ Moser, Margaret (June 16, 2000). "Sue Foley Love Comin' Down". Music. The Austin Chronicle.
↑ Dicaire, David (2015). More Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century. McFarland, Inc. p. 197.
↑ Hughes, Andrew S. (October 6, 2000). "Sue Foley, another critical favorite...". Home. South Bend Tribune. p. 1.
↑ Hadley, Frank-John (November 2000). "Sue Foley: Love Comin' Down". DownBeat. Vol. 67, no. 11. p. 68.
↑ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 195.
↑ Friedman, Michael Shannon (June 29, 2000). "Gut-punch grit". The Charleston Gazette. p. 3D.
↑ McLaughlin, John P. (June 29, 2000). "Respectful to music but no retro act". The Province. p. B24.
↑ Gold, Kerry (June 29, 2000). "Sue Foley Love Comin' Down". The Vancouver Sun. p. C24.
↑ Langmaid, Wilfred (July 1, 2000). "Sue Foley: Love Comin' Down". Life. The Daily Gleaner.
↑ Jennings, Dana (August 13, 2000). "They Have a Right to Sing the Blues, and a Reason". The New York Times. p. 2.27.
↑ Danton, Eric R. (December 7, 2000). "Love Comin' Down Sue Foley". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 6.

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