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Rock & Roll Time (2014)

Where the lyrics of Rock & Roll Time take you, and where it was really made.

Jerry Lee Lewis's forty-first and final studio album had Keith Richards, Robbie Robertson, Neil Young and Nils Lofgren among its musicians.

Key places

Recorded at House of Blues Studio, Memphis (2014)

Recording site Ardent Studios — The source lists House of Blues Studio in Memphis as the recording location. This point uses city-level coordinates, not the building's exact position. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Rock & Roll Time: forty-first and final studio album by Jerry Lee Lewis
• Lewis is an American rock and roll pioneer
• Released November 7, 2014 by Vanguard Records
• French Wikipedia gives the release date as 28 October 2014
• Eleven tracks, nearly all written by other songwriters

Background

• Lewis was 79 at the time of the album
• Guests include Keith Richards, Band guitarist Robbie Robertson, Neil Young and Nils Lofgren
• Previous albums Last Man Standing and Mean Old Man used many superstar guests
• Co-producers Steve Bing and Jim Keltner reduced the guest cameos on this album

Recording

• Recorded at House of Blues Studio in Memphis
• Co-producers were Steve Bing and Jim Keltner

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• American country and rock and roll pianist, singer, and songwriter, nicknamed "The Killer".
• Made first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans; early Sun Records recordings in 1956 in Memphis.
• 1957 hit "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" brought worldwide fame; followed by "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", and "High School Confidential".
• 1964 live album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg is widely regarded as one of the greatest live rock albums.
• Switched to country in 1968 with "Another Place, Another Time", which revived his career; 30 songs reached the Billboard country top 10 across his career.
• Last Man Standing (2006) was his best-selling release; Mean Old Man (2010) was another major seller.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (2022).

Members

• Solo artist; the Million Dollar Quartet session on Sun Records included Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• AllMusic: Stephen Erlewine ranked the album 3.5 stars out of 5
• AllMusic's review said the album was a back-to-basics move that dialed back superstar cameos
• The review said Lewis sounds his age but still sounds vibrant
• The review praised the greasy groove and the way Lewis's vocal phrasing stays sly and supple

Reappraisal

• The review said the album belongs to nobody but the Killer
• Covers include Kris Kristofferson's title song, Bob Dylan's Stepchild and Mack Vickery's Keep Me in Mind

Records

• Peaked at number 33 on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart
• Peaked at number 30 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album has eleven tracks, mostly covers, including "Little Queenie" by Chuck Berry
• Keep Me in Mind by Mack Vickery was a previously unpublished song
• The album closes with Promised Land, also by Chuck Berry
• Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash is included
• French Wikipedia lists a release date that differs from the English page

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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