Rock & Roll Time

2014 studio album by Jerry Lee Lewis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rock & Roll Time is the forty-first and final studio album by American rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, released on November 7, 2014, by Vanguard Records. The album featured several big name friends as musicians including Keith Richards, Band guitarist Robbie Robertson, Neil Young and Nils Lofgren.[4][5] The album peaked at number 33 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart and number 30 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart.

ReleasedNovember 7, 2014
Recorded2012–2014
StudioHouse of Blues Studio, Memphis[1]
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Rock & Roll Time
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 2014
Recorded2012–2014
StudioHouse of Blues Studio, Memphis[1]
GenreRock and roll[2]
LabelVanguard Records[3]
Jerry Lee Lewis chronology
A Whole Lotta...Jerry Lee Lewis: The Definitive Retrospective
(2012)
Rock & Roll Time
(2014)
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Track listing

Critical reception

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AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[2]
American SongwriterStarStarStarStar[6]
The GuardianStarStarStarStar[7]
Rolling StoneStarStarStar[8]
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In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Erlewine ranked the album 3.5 stars out of 5, stating:

"There's a different feel to ... [this album, and co-producers Steve Bing and Jim Keltner] bring the Killer back where he belongs ... Jerry Lee is once again singing some of that old-time rock & roll. It's a back-to-basics move, and to that end, Bing and Keltner made the canny decision to dial back the superstar cameos that threatened to overwhelm Lewis on Last Man Standing and Mean Old Man ... which means the album belongs to nobody but the Killer. He sounds his age, as he should at 79, but he still sounds vibrant, whether he's once again singing Chuck Berry songs he's played countless times before, or laying into Kris Kristofferson's "Rock & Roll Time," Bob Dylan's obscure "Stepchild," or Mack Vickery's "Keep Me in Mind." The emphasis is on greasy groove, an appropriate move considering the Killer's advanced age, but by placing feel first and foremost, it's possible to pay attention to how Lewis' vocal phrasing remains sly and supple. Nobody else can sing like Jerry Lee and it remains a pleasure to hear him sink his teeth into nearly any song, especially when he's supported by a team as sympathetic as he is here."[9]

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