A Boot and a Shoe
| A Boot and a Shoe | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 2004 | |||
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| Genre | Pop, rock, folk | |||
| Length | 35:02 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | T Bone Burnett | |||
| Sam Phillips chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
| The Irish Times | [4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [1] |
| Mojo | [5] |
| Paste | [6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Uncut | 7/10[8] |
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.[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sam Phillips.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "How to Quit" | 2:27 |
| 2. | "All Night" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "I Dreamed I Stopped Dreaming" | 1:52 |
| 4. | "Open the World" | 2:19 |
| 5. | "Red Silk Five" | 2:30 |
| 6. | "Reflecting Light" | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Infiltration" | 2:16 |
| 8. | "Draw Man" | 3:38 |
| 9. | "I Wanted to Be Alone" | 2:16 |
| 10. | "Love Changes Everything" | 3:10 |
| 11. | "If I Could Write" | 2:20 |
| 12. | "Hole in My Pocket" | 1:25 |
| 13. | "One Day Late" | 3:13 |
Personnel
source:[9]
- Sam Phillips – vocals, guitar
- Chris Bruce – guitar
- Marc Ribot – guitar
- Patrick Warren – piano, field organ, pump organ
- T Bone Burnett – bass guitar
- Mike Elizondo – bass guitar
- David Piltch – bass guitar
- Carla Azar – drums
- Jay Bellerose – drums
- Jim Keltner – drums
- The Section Quartet
- Eric Gorfain – violin
- Daphne Chen – violin
- Leah Katz – viola
- Richard Dodd – cello
References
- ^ a b "A Boot And A Shoe". Metacritic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "A Boot and a Shoe - Sam Phillips". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ 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]
- ^ Stevens, Sufjan (July 2, 2004). "SAM PHILLIPS - A Boot and a Shoe Nonesuch". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ The longer the album runs the more engaging the songs seem to become. [May 2004, p.104]
- ^ Whitman, Andy (January 15, 2005). "Sam Phillips - A Boot and a Shoe". Paste. Archived from the original on January 15, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Small, perfectly formed and wonderfully refreshing. [Jun 2004, p.105]
- ^ Understated and underestimated. [Nov 2004, p.113]
- ^ "A Boot and a Shoe". AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2019.