A Fool to Care

Rolling Stone writes, "These 12 songs map out a concise history of American soul, with a heavy dose of New Orleans strut... Backed throughout by a stellar group of studio aces — guitarist Ray Parker Jr., bassist Willie Weeks and drummer Steve Jordan, who also produced the album — Scaggs’ well-worn, textured voice deftly navigates this range of styles."{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/a-fool-to-care-96866/|title=Boz Scaggs 'A Fool to Care' Album Review|first=Alan|last=Light|date=4 May 2015|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=12 August 2018}}

Blues Rock Review writes, "On each song, Scaggs puts his decades of experience and emotional connections to American roots music to work, producing a collection that stands as one of this year’s best blues records to date."{{cite web|url=http://bluesrockreview.com/2015/04/boz-scaggs-a-fool-to-care-review.html|title=Boz Scaggs: A Fool to Care Review|website=Bluesrockreview.com|date=23 April 2015|accessdate=12 August 2018}}

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|title1=Rich Woman

|writer1=Dorothy LaBostrie, McKinley Millet

|length1=2:59

|title2=I'm a Fool to Care

|writer2=Ted Daffan

|length2=2:06

|title3=Hell to Pay

|note3=featuring Bonnie Raitt

|writer3=Boz Scaggs

|length3=6:16

|title4=Small Town Talk

|writer4=Rick Danko, Robert Guidry

|length4=3:41

|title5=Last Tango on 16th Street

|writer5=Jack "Applejack" Walroth

|length5=6:26

|title6=There's a Storm A' Comin'

|writer6=Richard Hawley

|length6=4:14

|title7=I'm So Proud

|writer7=Curtis Mayfield

|length7=3:38

|title8=I Want to See You

|writer8=Jack "Applejack" Walroth

|length8=5:42

|title9=High Blood Pressure

|writer9=Huey "Piano" Smith

|length9=3:35

|title10=Full of Fire

|note10=featuring The Love Sponge Strings

|writer10=Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Willie Mitchell

|length10=4:18

|title11=Love Don't Love Nobody

|note11=featuring The Love Sponge Strings

|writer11=Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons

|length11=5:10

|title12=Whispering Pines

|note12=featuring Lucinda Williams

|writer12=Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson

|length12=4:20

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;Bonus Tracks

{{track listing

|title13=Gypsy Woman

|note13=featuring The Love Sponge Strings

|writer13=Curtis Mayfield

|length13=2:57

|title14=Talk to Me, Talk to Me

|writer14=Joe Seneca

|length14=3:43

|title15=M. P. B.

|writer15=Cecil Womack, Linda Womack

|length15=3:33

}}

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• Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1, 3), guitars (2, 5, 8, 9, 15), acoustic guitar (4, 14), electric guitar (4), guitar fills (10), bass (14), vibraphone (14)
• Jim Cox – Hammond B3 organ (1, 4, 6–8, 10, 11), acoustic piano (2–6, 9, 11), pump organ (6), Wurlitzer electric piano (7), Rhodes electric piano (13)
• Seth Asarnow – bandoneon (4, 5, 8), pump organ (11)
• Clifford Carter – synthesizers (6)
• Michael Anthony Logan, Sr. – keyboards (15), programming (15), drums (15)
• Al Anderson – guitar figure (1), "chunk" guitar (3)
• Ray Parker Jr. – guitars (2, 5–11, 13), rhythm guitar (3), acoustic guitar (4), electric guitar (12)
• Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar (3), lead and harmony vocals (3)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (6, 12)
• Reggie Young – guitars (10, 11, 13)
• Willie Weeks – bass (1–13, 15)
• Steve Jordan – drums (1-13), percussion (4, 5, 8), backing vocals (7, 8), horn conductor (10)
• Michael Rodriguez – drum programming (14)
• Jim Hoke – baritone saxophone (1, 2), bass clarinet (2, 8), accordion (4, 6), vibraphone (5, 7, 8), woodwind (5), woodwind arrangements (5), alto flute (8)
• Eric Crystal – alto saxophone (1, 2, 8), tenor saxophone (1, 2, 8), acoustic piano (8), saxophone (14)
• Doug Rowan – tenor saxophone (1, 8), alto saxophone (2)
• Lannie McMillan – tenor saxophone (10)
• Jack Hale – trombone (10)
• Ben Cauley – trumpet (10)
• Quentin Ware – trumpet (10)
• Lester Snell – horn arrangements (10), string arrangements and conductor (10, 11, 13)
• Anthony LaMarchina – cello (10, 11, 13)
• Sarighani Reist – cello (10, 11, 13)
• Monisa Angell – viola (10, 11, 13)
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola (10, 11, 13)
• David Angell – violin (10, 11, 13)
• Wei Tsun Chang – violin (10, 11, 13)
• David Davidson – violin (10, 11, 13)
• Alicia Enstrom – violin (10, 11, 13)
• Tony Lindsay – backing vocals (7, 9, 11)
• Conesha Monét Owens – backing vocals (7, 9, 11)
• Fred Ross – backing vocals (7, 9, 11)
• Lucinda Williams – lead and harmony vocals (12)

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• Steve Jordan – producer, mixing (1)
• Niko Bolas – engineer, mixing (2-13)
• Dave O'Donnell – mixing (1)
• Michael Rodriguez – additional engineer
• Chris Taberez – additional engineer, mixing (14, 15)
• Sean Badum – assistant engineer
• Diego Ruelas – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
• Nick Steinhardt – art direction, design
• Danny Clinch – photography

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Studios

• Recorded at Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) and The Barn (Napa Valley, California).
• Mixed at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

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