Soul Blues (album)
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| Soul Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | May 4 & 5, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 40:56 | |||
| Label | Prestige | |||
| Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
| Lightnin' Hopkins chronology | ||||
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Soul Blues is an album by the blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins, recorded in 1963 and released on the Bluesville label.[1][2][3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings wrote: "Soul Blues has a few distinctive pieces like 'I'm Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own' – not out of atheistic contrariness but in order to give 'lovin' women a happy home'. 'I'm a Crawling Black Snake' which has little in common with Blind Lemon Jefferson's song, is framed by oddly impressionistic guitar".[5] AllMusic reviewer Roundup Newsletter stated: "A true poet of the blues, Lightnin' Hopkins was a master of tall, tongue-in-cheek tales, often made up on the spot in the recording studio".[4]