John Lee Hooker on Campus

John Lee Hooker on Campus
Studio album by
John Lee Hooker
Released1964 (1964)
RecordedChicago, 1963
GenreBlues
Length35:02
LabelVee-Jay
John Lee Hooker chronology
Don't Turn Me from Your Door
(1963) 		John Lee Hooker on Campus
(1964) 		Live at Sugar Hill
(1963)

John Lee Hooker on Campus is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, released by the Vee-Jay label in 1963.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of The Blues[3]

AllMusic reviewer Al Campbell wrote: "John Lee Hooker on Campus is titled to sound like a live recording but it isn't ... these 12 tracks originally tried to capitalize on Hooker's emergence on the coffeehouse/college tours he was involved in at the time. This is an electric album that contains excellent material from Hooker, even though the occasional background singers get in the way, attempting to modernize his gritty blues with a smoother soul sound."[2]

Track listing

Album details are taken from the original VeeJay album liner notes.[5] All compositions credited to John Lee Hooker; no other recording information is listed.

Side one

  1. "I'm Leaving" – 2:07
  2. "Love Is a Burning Thing" – 2:56
  3. "Birmingham Blues" – 2:50
  4. "I Want to Shout" – 2:28
  5. "Don't Look Back" – 2:54
  6. "I Want to Hug You" – 2:17

Side two

  1. "Poor Me" – 3:21
  2. "I Want to Ramble" – 2:37
  3. "Half a Stranger" – 2:42
  4. "My Grinding Mill" – 2:22
  5. "Bottle Up and Go" – 2:10
  6. "One Way Ticket" – 2:39

References

  1. ^ "John Lee Hooker on Campus". Johnleehooker.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Campbell, Al. John Lee Hooker: On Campus – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. London: Random House. p. 280. ISBN 978-1448132744.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David, eds. (2004). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 387. ISBN 978-0743201698.
  5. ^ On Campus (Album notes). John Lee Hooker. Chicago: VeeJay Records. 1963. Back cover. VJLP 1066.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)