Down Two Then Left

Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.[4]

Down Two Then Left
Studio album by
Boz Scaggs
ReleasedNovember 1977
StudioHollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
GenrePop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Length42:21
LabelColumbia
ProducerJoseph 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]
Variety(favourable)[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated.

Side One

  1. "Still Falling for You" – 3:52
  2. "Hard Times" – 4:26
  3. "A Clue" – 3:53
  4. "Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man" (Scaggs, Jai Winding) – 3:50
  5. "We're Waiting" (Michael Omartian, Scaggs) – 6:19

Side Two

  1. "Hollywood" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 3:08
  2. "Then She Walked Away" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:04
  3. "Gimme the Goods" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:11
  4. "1993" (Omartian, Scaggs) – 4:01
  5. "Tomorrow Never Came/Tomorrow Never Came (Reprise)" – 4:38[1]

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.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1977/78) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 11
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 4

Year-end charts
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 13

Personnel
  • Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
  • Jay Graydon – guitar, guitar solo (7)
  • Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
  • Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
  • David Hungate – bass (1)
  • Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
  • Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
  • Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
  • Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
  • Alan Estes – congas (4)
  • Don Menza – saxophone
  • Fred Selden – saxophone, flute
  • Ernie Watts – saxophone
  • Dana Hughes – trombone
  • Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet
  • Barbara Korn – French horn
  • David Duke – French horn
  • Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
  • Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5-7), voices (verses, 4)
  • Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
  • John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
  • Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
  • Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
  • Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
  • Phyllis Saint James – backing vocals (3, 7)
  • Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
  • Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
  • Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
  • Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
  • Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
  • Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
  • Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)

Production
  • Producer – Joe Wissert
  • Engineer – Tom Perry
  • Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
  • Design – Nancy Donald
  • Photography – Guy Bourdin
  • Management – Irving Azoff

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 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". proquest.com. Vol. 298 no. 4. Variety. November 30, 1977. p. 58.
  4. "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  5. "Boz Scaggs - Hard Times / We're Waiting - Columbia - USA - 3-10606". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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