Down Two Then Left

Down Two Then Left
Studio album by
Boz Scaggs
ReleasedNovember 1977
StudioHollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
GenrePop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Length43:02
LabelColumbia
ProducerJoe Wissert
Boz Scaggs chronology
Silk Degrees
(1976) 		Down Two Then Left
(1977) 		Middle Man
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Variety(favourable)[4]

Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.[5] This album is notable for having the first appearance of Steve Lukather on a Boz Scaggs album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Boz Scaggs, with additional contributors noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Falling for You" 3:54
2."Hard Times" 4:30
3."A Clue" 3:58
4."Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man"Jai Winding3:54
5."We're Waiting"Michael Omartian6:24
6."Hollywood"Omartian3:10
7."Then She Walked Away"Omartian4:06
8."Gimme the Goods"Omartian4:15
9."1993"Omartian4:05
10."Tomorrow Never Came"Omartian4:41
Total length:43:02

Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] 2× Platinum 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-026-6. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.
  4. ^ "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 298, no. 4. 30 November 1977. p. 58. ProQuest 1401321975.
  5. ^ "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5465a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  9. ^ "Charts.nz – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  11. ^ "Boz Scaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  14. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Cash Box Newspaper". Cash Box. March 25, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  16. ^ "Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 October 2010.
  17. ^ Egan, Bob. "DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia)". PopSpotsNYC. Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2021. . . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com
  18. ^ Turnbull, Martin (November 17, 2012). "Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  19. ^ Turnbull, Martin. "Spotlight on…Romanoff's". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  20. ^ "romanoffs-beverly-hills". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  21. ^ "legendary bevelry hills restaurant romanoffs". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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