Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane
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| Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane | ||||
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Universal, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 32:05 | |||
| Label | Pausa | |||
| Producer | Willie Dixon | |||
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Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane is an album by the American blues musician Willie Dixon, released in 1984 by Pausa Records.[1][2] It was his first album since What Happened to My Blues, in 1976.[3] Dixon supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
The album was recorded in California, with most of it finished by 1982.[5][6] Dixon is backed by his Chicago All-Stars.[7] Dixon wrote and produced all of the songs on the album.[8] Typical of Dixon's writing, the album addresses topical issues such as religious dogma ("Pie in the Sky") and nuclear war ("It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)").[9] Dixon called the latter song his favorite of all the ones that he had written.[10]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [12] |
| Quad-City Times | B−[13] |
The Globe and Mail wrote that "the music, with the honky-tonk flourishes of piano player Lafayette Leak, and the solemn wail of harmonica player Billy Branch, is consistently engaging."[9] The Quad-City Times opined that the album "lacks the reckless spontaneity of his better groups."[13] Cash Box called it "a fine album from an American original."[14]
AllMusic's Bill Dahl deemed Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane a "decent modern album by the prolific legend."[11]