: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|

}}

| genre = Pop, rock, folk

| 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

| MC = 83/100{{cite web|title=A Boot And A Shoe|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-boot-and-a-shoe/sam-phillips|work=Metacritic|accessdate=July 14, 2012}}

| 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

| rev2score = B+Phillips flirts with Depression-era stylings and pre-World War II cabaret to brilliantly convey a chaotic world of subdued rage. [7 May 2004, p.86]

| 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

source:{{cite web |title=A Boot and a Shoe |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-boot-and-a-shoe-mw0000697285/credits |website=AllMusic |accessdate=June 12, 2019}}

References

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Category:Sam Phillips (musician) albums

Category:2004 albums

Category:Albums produced by T Bone Burnett

Category:Nonesuch Records albums