:A Boot and a Shoe
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Boot and a Shoe
| type = studio
| artist = Sam Phillips
| cover = ABootandaShoe.jpg
| released = {{Start date|2004|4}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{flatlist|
- Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
- The Village, Hollywood, California
- Stagg Street Studios, Van Nuys, California
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=35|s=2}}
| label = Nonesuch
| producer = T Bone Burnett
| prev_title = Fan Dance
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Don't Do Anything
| next_year = 2008
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|title=A Boot and a Shoe - Sam Phillips|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-boot-and-a-shoe-mw0000697285|work=AllMusic|accessdate=July 14, 2012}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3 = The Irish Times
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/rock-pop-1.1147460|title=SAM PHILLIPS - A Boot and a Shoe Nonesuch|website=The Irish Times|last=Stevens|first=Sufjan|date=July 2, 2004|access-date=April 27, 2025}}
| rev4 = Los Angeles Times
| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}}The longer the album runs the more engaging the songs seem to become. [May 2004, p.104]
| rev6 = Paste
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115023020/http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=942|title=Sam Phillips - A Boot and a Shoe|website=Paste|last=Whitman|first=Andy|date=January 15, 2005|access-date=April 27, 2025}}
| rev7 = Q
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}Small, perfectly formed and wonderfully refreshing. [Jun 2004, p.105]
| rev8 = Uncut
| rev8score = 7/10Understated and underestimated. [Nov 2004, p.113]
}}
A Boot and a Shoe is the tenth studio album released by American singer and songwriter, Sam Phillips. The album was released in April 2004 and produced by T Bone Burnett.
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Sam Phillips
| title1 = How to Quit
| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = All Night
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = I Dreamed I Stopped Dreaming
| length3 = 1:52
| title4 = Open the World
| length4 = 2:19
| title5 = Red Silk Five
| length5 = 2:30
| title6 = Reflecting Light
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = Infiltration
| length7 = 2:16
| title8 = Draw Man
| length8 = 3:38
| title9 = I Wanted to Be Alone
| length9 = 2:16
| title10 = Love Changes Everything
| length10 = 3:10
| title11 = If I Could Write
| length11 = 2:20
| title12 = Hole in My Pocket
| length12 = 1:25
| title13 = One Day Late
| length13 = 3:13
}}
Personnel
- Sam Phillips – vocals, guitar
- Chris Bruce – guitar
- Marc Ribot – guitar
- Patrick Warren – piano, field organ, pump organ
- T Bone Burnett – bass guitar
- Mike Elizondo – bass guitar
- David Piltch – bass guitar
- Carla Azar – drums
- Jay Bellerose – drums
- Jim Keltner – drums
- The Section Quartet
- Eric Gorfain – violin
- Daphne Chen – violin
- Leah Katz – viola
- Richard Dodd – cello
References
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Category:Sam Phillips (musician) albums