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Living the Blues
Rock · 1968 · 9 tracks · 1h 28m

Living the Blues

Canned Heat

A sprawling double album balancing tight studio blues with a legendary forty-minute live boogie. Hypnotic, harmonica-led, and quintessentially 1968.

October 1968 · Liberty

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A relentless, hypnotic journey that balances deep-rooted blues tradition with acid-era exploration.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 1h 28m
01
Pony Blues
3:47
01
Refried Boogie, Part I
20:10
02
Refried Boogie, Part II
20:50
02
My Mistake
3:21
03
Sandy’s Blues
6:45
05
Walkin’ by Myself
2:31
06
Boogie Music
3:18
07
One Kind Favor
4:44
08
Parthenogenesis
19:54
Moments Worth Listening For
The seamless transition into the relentless, twenty-minute rhythmic hypnosis of Refried Boogie Part I
Alan Wilson's harmonica mimicking a freight train whistle during the peak of a solo
The sudden, jarring shift into experimental tape manipulation and jaw harp on Parthenogenesis
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AllMusic
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Living the Blues sound next to the rest of Canned Heat's catalogue?

Live Recording+1.0σ

The production is pushed notably harder into live recording than this artist usually allows.

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