Long Time Coming (Jonny Lang album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Long Time Coming
| type = Studio
| artist = Jonny Lang
| cover =Long Time Coming (Jonny Lang album).jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = October 14, 2003
| recorded = 2003
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Blue-eyed soul, R&B, Christian rock
| length = 57:00
| label = A&M Records
| producer =
| prev_title = Wander This World
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Turn Around
| next_year = 2006
}}
{{album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/long-time-coming-mw0000318638|title=Long Time Coming - Jonny Lang | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=86}}
|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev3score = C+{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/10/24/long-time-coming/|title=Long Time Coming|website=EW.com}}
|rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
|rev4score = {{Rating|1.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |last2=Smith |first2=Chris |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |year=2006 |edition=|publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-140-51384-4|page=376}}
}}
Long Time Coming is a studio album by Jonny Lang.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jonny-lang-mn0000268700/biography|title=Jonny Lang | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/langjonny-longtime-2495969219.html|title=Jonny Lang: Long Time Coming|date=February 22, 2004|website=PopMatters}} It was recorded at MF Studio and The Attic, Monrovia, California, and released on October 14, 2003. The album had been a "long time coming," with five years passing since the release of Wander This World.
Lang incorporated more R&B influences into his overall musical style, without neglecting his love for the blues. The album has more rock-elements compared to his previous work, and features one ballad with beat and arrangement comparable to modern R&B/Pop ("Touch"). One of the songs is a cover of Edgar Winter's "Dying to Live." The album also features Aerosmith's Steven Tyler on "Happiness and Misery," where he plays the harmonica.
The album peaked at #17 on the Billboard 200 album chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jonny-lang/chart-history/tlp/|title=Jonny Lang | Billboard}}
Critical reception
AllMusic called the album "a major disappointment and setback for a once promising musician." Entertainment Weekly called it "slick, entirely unmemorable middle-of-the-road rock."
Track listing
All songs written by Jonny Lang and Marti Frederiksen except where indicated.
- "Give Me Up Again"
- "Red Light" (Anthony Hamilton, Neely Dinkins)
- "Get What You Give"
- "The One I Got"
- "Touch"
- "Beautiful One"
- "If We Try"
- "Goodbye Letter"
- "Save Yourself"
- "To Love Again"
- "Happiness and Misery"
- "Hide Your Love"
- "Dying to Live" (Edgar Winter)
- "Long Time Coming"
- "Livin' for the City (Bonus Live Track)" (Stevie Wonder)
Personnel
- Jonny Lang (vocals, lead guitar)
- Marti Frederiksen (rhythm guitar, bass, drums, percussion)
- John Goux (guitar)
- Jim Cox (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ)
- Scott Gordon (Wurlitzer piano, programming)
- Bruce McCabe (clavinet)
- Joey Waronker (drums)
- Lenny Castro (congas)
- Kayla Parker (background vocals)
- Steven Tyler & Anthony Hamilton (guests)