''Love Comin' Down'' is an album by the Canadian musician

Sue Foley Sue Foley (born March 29, 1968) is GRAMMY®-nominated multi-award-winning blues guitarist and singer/songwriter known for her fiery Texas blues style and refined acoustic touch. A five-timBlues Music Award winnerfor Traditional Female Artist, and ...

, released in 2000. She supported it with a North American tour. The album won a Maple Blues Award for recording of the year, as well as a

Juno Award The Juno Awards (stylized as JUNOS), or simply known as the Junos, are awards presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognize outstanding achievements in Canada's mu ...

for best blues album.

Production

Produced by

Colin Linden Colin Kendall Linden (born 16 April 1960) is a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Linden plays acoustic and electric guitar, specializing in slide guitar, country blues, and ragtime fingerpicking, who frequently collaborates wi ...

, the album was recorded at

Bathouse Recording Studio Bathouse Recording Studio is a recording facility located in Bath, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. Many influential albums have been recorded there by artists such as The Tragically Hip, S ...

. Many of the songs were inspired by Foley's divorce.

Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayl Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums, ''Ramblin' on My Mind (Lucinda Williams album), Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and ''Happy Woman Blues'' (198 ...

contributed backing vocals to "Empty Cup". "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')" is a cover of the song made famous by

Barbara Lynn Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby, January 16, 1942) is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit, " You'll Lose a Good Thing" ( ...

; Foley had toured with Lynn in the early 1990s. "Same Thing" was written by

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

. "You're Barkin' Up the Wrong Tree" is a cover of the

Freddie King Freddie King (born Fred Christian; September 3, 1934December 28, 1976), also billed as Freddy King, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King a ...

song. "Mediterranean Breakfast" is an instrumental.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "Foley's scratchy voice has a raw, sexy swagger tempered with traces of

Nina Simone Nina Simone ( ; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and po ...

-style cool." ''

The Province ''The Province'' is a daily newspaper published in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the ''Vancouver Sun'' broadsheet newspaper. Together, they ...

'' said that Foley "coos, barks, howls and plain soars with a newfound vocal confidence while her guitar burns through every track." ''

The Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, and is the larg ...

'' noted that, "while some blues-oriented artists ultimately decide to glaze their sound with a radio-friendly gloss, Foley's wailing vocals and sepia-tinged blues standards continue to kick dirt in the generic face of the mainstream." ''

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'' concluded that Foley's "picking has never been better, and her singing has never been more convincing in its rare combination of tenderness and fury." ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' called ''Love Comin' Down'' a "fine, swampy album". The ''

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'' stated that the songs "have a vintage, uncluttered feel—there are no fancy studio tricks, just solid musicianship".

Track listing

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Sue Foley albums Shanachie Records albums