''The Earthshaker'' is a

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album by Koko Taylor, released in 1978 by Alligator Records. The album has since been released on CD by Alligator.

Critical reception

Reviewing in '' Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981),

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wrote: "Considering its size, Taylor's voice has never been what you'd call rich—she flubs the pitch quite a bit, and on the slow ones she's often sounded flat emotionally as well. But it retains amazing presence—by now it's deepened and roughened so much that her late work for Chess sounds girlish by comparison. Two or three of the slow ones here really drag, always a crippling flaw in Chicago blues, but the uptempo stuff is exemplary—the songs are fun as songs, and the guitar on her latest remake of '

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' is ace."

Track listing

Personnel

* Koko Taylor – vocals *

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– guitar * Sammy Lawhorn – guitar * Pinetop Perkins – keyboards * Mervyn "Harmonica" Hinds – harmonica * Abb Locke – saxophone * Cornelius "Mule" Boyson – bass * Vince Chappelle – drums

Notes

References

1978 albums Koko Taylor albums Albums produced by Bruce Iglauer Alligator Records albums {{1970s-album-stub