Prime Blues

Prime Blues
Studio album by
Jim Allchin
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2018 (2018-09-21)
RecordedBlackbird Studios, Nashville, and Studio 3038, Seattle, Washington
GenreBlues rock
Length52:40
LabelSandy Key Music LLC
ProducerTom Hambridge
Jim Allchin chronology
Decisions
(2017) 		Prime Blues
(2018) 		Costa Azul
(2021)

Prime Blues is the fourth widely available studio album by American musician and computer scientist Jim Allchin. The release date of the album was September 21, 2018 by Sandy Key Music. The album contains 14 new contemporary blues songs. The front grill cover of the amplifier shown on the album artwork highlights all the prime numbers through one million.

Reception

Prime Blues reached the No. 1 Top Blues Album on the Roots Music Report which tracks American Roots Music radio airplay in 2018. It entered the RMR charts on October 6, 2018, charting in at No. 35. Since Oct 13, 2018, Prime Blues has remained in the top 10 Blues Albums according to RMR and as of January 12, 2019 was the No. 2 Blues album and No. 1 Contemporary Blues album.[1] As of May 20, 2019, Prime Blues has been on the Roots Music Report chart for 33 weeks. Even though released in September 2018, Prime Blues finished as the 16th most played Contemporary Blues album for 2018 according to RMR.[2]

Prime Blues was a Silver Medal Winner in the Global Music Awards in 2018.[3]

"Two Bad Dreams" from the Prime Blues won second place in the International Songwriting Competition in the Blues category from over 19,000 entries.[4]

"Give It Up" the first track from Prime Blues was a finalist in the 2018 UK Songwriting Contest in the Jazz/Blues category.[5]

Prime Blues was first reviewed September 6, 2018 by Rick Bowen and published in the NorthWest Music Scene magazine.[6]

Album reviews especially noted Allchin's songwriting, musicianship, and guitar technique.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Give It Up"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge3:42
2."Devil Don't Sleep"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming3:12
3."Voodoo Doll"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming3:51
4."Snuggle Up"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming3:19
5."Jimmy's Boogie"Jim Allchin2:52
6."Summer Sunrise"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming4:51
7."Enough is Enough (feat. Mike Zito)"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming3:08
8."Found The Blues"Jim Allchin3:19
9."Two Bad Dreams (feat. Bobby Rush)"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming5:04
10."Pawn Shop Man"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming2:55
11."Lost My Mind"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming3:43
12."Up To Destiny"Jim Allchin4:26
13."Tech Blues"Jim Allchin4:06
14."Logoff"Jim Allchin, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming3:10

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Top 50 Blues Album Chart for the Week of Jan 5, 2019". Roots Music Report. Roots Music Report. 2019-01-05. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Top 50 Contemporary Blues Albums for 2018". Roots Music Report. Roots Music Report. 2019-12-31. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Global Music Awards: Current Winners". Global Music Awards. Global Music Awards. 2018-11-30. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "2018 International Songwriting Competition". 2018 Winners. International Songwriting Competition. 2019-04-30. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "2018 UK Songwriting Contest Winners and Finalists". 2018 Results. UK Songwriting Contest. 2018-12-31. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Rick Bowen (2018-09-06). "Review: Jim Allchin – 'Prime Blues'". Prime Blues – Sandy Key Music. Northwest Music Scene. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Chris Spector (2018-10-03). "Review: JIM ALLCHIN/Prime Blues". Midwest Record- Entertainment Reviews, News, and Views. Midwest Record Review. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  8. ^ "GET IT OR FORGET IT – DAVID J, THE HEIZ, JIM ALLCHIN, FUTURE THIEVES, SNEW". LA Music Critical Indie Voice. LA Music Critic. 2018-10-02. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "Jim Allchin – Prime Blues Album Review, review by Steve Jones". Blues Blast Magazine. BluesBlast Magazine. 2018-10-12. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  10. ^ "Review: Prime Blues by Jim Allchin reviewed by Tom O'Connor". Rock and Blues Muse. Rock and Blues Muse, LLC editor-in-chief: Martine Ehrenclou. 2018-10-12. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Review: Jim Allchin is in his Prime Blues by Lauren Leadingham". American Blues Scene Interviews. American Music Scene. 2018-11-09. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  12. ^ "Prime Blues Review". Indie Blues Scene – Prime Blues review by Richard Ludmerer. Making a Scene. 2018-10-10. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jim Allchin and mathematics adds up to Prime Blues". Recorded Music Reviews. BluesDoodles – Cutting Edge Music reviews. 2018-10-08. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  14. ^ "Jim Allchin and mathematics adds up to Prime Blues". Sandy Key Music artist: Jim Allchin – Prime Blues – New Release Review. Bman's Blues Report. 2018-12-10. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  15. ^ "Jim Allchin review…December 15, 2018…". Prime Blues Review. The Nashville Blues and Roots Alliance. 2018-12-16. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  16. ^ "Recensie: Jim Allchin – Prime Blues". Blues Magazine Reviews. Blues Magazine. 2018-11-20. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  17. ^ "Jim Allchin "Prime Blues – ****". Best New Blues CDs. LA HORA DEL BLUES. 2018-11-20. Retrieved January 7, 2019.