From Beale Street to Oblivion is the eighth full-length studio album by rock band Clutch. It was produced by Joe Barresi (whose credits include The Melvins, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age and Coheed and Cambria), and released on the DRT Entertainment label. The album was released on March 27, 2007 and was the second of two Clutch albums to feature keyboardist Mick Schauer.
A reissue of the album was released on July 20, 2010 and Clutch re-released the album as a 2-LP set on purple vinyl, limited to 1,000 copies, for Record Store Day 2015.
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Album
The album title comes from a line in the song "The Devil & Me", and is named after the real Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The song "One Eye Dollar" is a remake of the same track from Jam Room. The track "Electric Worry" is a partial cover of the Mississippi Fred McDowell song "Fred's Worried Life Blues" and features Eric Oblander of Five Horse Johnson on harmonica. It also shares a striking similarity to "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker, even including the "Bang Bang Bang Bang" variation he would do live. A music video was produced for the track as well.
Bike Night Beale Street Video
In popular culture
"Electric Worry" is used as the goal song for National Hockey League team the Vancouver Canucks as well as for the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League. "Electric Worry" was also featured in commercials for the TV show Memphis Beat and the video game Left 4 Dead 2.
Track listing
All tracks written by Clutch, except where noted.
Original album
2010 Deluxe Reissue Bonus CD listing
All tracks written by Clutch, except where noted.
Tracks 1-5 were recorded live at the BBC Maida Vale Studios on November 11, 2006 and tracks 6-9 were recorded on December 13, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia during the tour for this album.
Song meanings
You Can't Stop Progress
Power Player
The Devil & Me
White's Ferry
Child of the City
Electric Worry
One Eye Dollar
Rapture of Riddley Walker
When Vegans Attack
Opossum Minister
Black Umbrella
Mr. Shiny Cadillackness
Personnel
- Neil Fallon - vocals, guitar
- Tim Sult - guitar
- Dan Maines - bass
- Jean-Paul Gaster - drums, percussion
- Mick Schauer - Hammond B3, piano, Hohner Clavinet
- Bryan Hinkley - guitar on tracks 4 and 12
- Eric Oblander - Hohner harmonica's on tracks 6, 11 and 12
Production
- Produced, Recorded and Mixed by 'Evil' Joe Barresi at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA and Bay 7, Valley Village, CA
- Additional Engineering by Pete Martinez
- Assistant Engineering at Bay 7 by Glen Pittman
- Art and Design by Nick Lakiotes
- Photography by Louis Rivera
Charting positions
Album
Singles
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