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Tangled Up in Blues

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| name = Tangled Up in Blues

| type = compilation

| artist = Various Artists

| cover = Tangled Up in Blues.jpg

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| recorded = July 13, 1999

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| length = 62:28

| label = House of Blues

| producer = John Snyder

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Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan is a 1999 album of Bob Dylan songs performed by various artists, featuring blues legends such as R.L. Burnside, Mavis Staples, and Taj Mahal.{{cite web|url=http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/23r24.html|title=House of Blues: Tangled Up In Blues, Songs of Bob Dylan|last=Steininger|first=Alex|date=September 1999|website=inmusicwetrust.com|publisher=In Music We Trust|access-date=September 19, 2022}} Additional artists include Isaac Hayes, Leon Russell, and Dylan's long-time collaborators, The Band.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tangled-up-in-blues-songs-of-bob-dylan-mw0000667505|title=Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan Review|last=Huey|first=Steve|website=allmusic.com|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 19, 2022}}

Two reissues of the album were released under the title All Blues'd Up!: the first in the U.S. in 2002 and the second in the Netherlands in 2003. While both feature the same tracks as the original release, the songs on the U.S. reissue were in a different order.{{cite web|url=http://theband.hiof.no/albums/tangled_up_in_blues.html|title=Various Artists: Tangled Up in BLues (Songs of Bob Dylan - This Ain't No Tribute)|publisher=The Band website|access-date=September 19, 2022}}

Tangled Up in Blues was part of a series issued by the House of Blues record label under the tongue-in-cheek title "This Ain't No Tribute Album".{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/9/17/19466103/6-cds-of-blues-covers-aren-t-sad-or-sorry|title=6 CDs of blues covers aren't sad or sorry|last=Iwasaki|first=Scott|date=September 17, 1999|website=deseret.com|publisher=Deseret News|access-date=September 19, 2022}} The series featured 12 albums which were released from 1997 through 2002. Other artists whose works were highlighted in the series included The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, and Janis Joplin.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/1665456-This-Aint-No-Tribute|title=This Ain't No Tribute|website=discogs.com|publisher=Discogs|access-date=September 19, 2022}}

Track listing

The album's 12 songs originally appeared in the following order:

  1. "One Too Many Mornings" – The Band
  2. "All Along the Watchtower" – Larry McCray
  3. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – Taj Mahal
  4. "Gotta Serve Somebody" – Mavis Staples
  5. "Everything Is Broken" – R.L. Burnside
  6. "Lay Lady Lay" – Isaac Hayes
  7. "Million Miles" – Alvin Youngblood Hart
  8. "Wallflower" – The Holmes Brothers
  9. "Pledging My Time" – Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson
  10. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – John Hammond, Jr.
  11. "Ballad of a Thin Man" – James Solberg
  12. "Watching the River Flow" – Leon Russell

The following track listing was used for the 2002 U.S. reissue:

  1. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" – Taj Mahal
  2. "Gotta Serve Somebody" – Mavis Staples
  3. "Lay Lady Lay" – Isaac Hayes
  4. "Everything Is Broken" – R.L. Burnside
  5. "Pledging My Time" – Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson
  6. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – John Hammond, Jr.
  7. "Ballad of a Thin Man" – James Solberg
  8. "Million Miles" – Alvin Youngblood Hart
  9. "Watching the River Flow" – Leon Russell
  10. "Wallflower" – The Holmes Brothers
  11. "All Along the Watchtower" – Larry McCray
  12. "One Too Many Mornings" – The Band

See also

References

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Category:Bob Dylan tribute albums

Category:1997 compilation albums

Category:Blues compilation albums

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