Soul to Soul (album) explained

Soul to Soul
Type:studio
Artist:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Cover:SRVsoultosoul.jpg
Recorded:March–May 1985
Dallas Sound Lab
(Dallas, Texas)
Genre:
Label:Epic, Legacy
Producer:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Richard Mullen
Prev Title:Couldn't Stand the Weather
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Live Alive
Next Year:1986

Soul to Soul is the third studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble released on September 30, 1985, by Epic Records. Recording sessions took place between March and May 1985 at the Dallas Sound Lab in Dallas, Texas. Vaughan wrote four of Soul to Souls ten tracks; two songs were released as singles. The album went to #34 on the Billboard 200 chart[1] and the music video for "Change It" received regular rotation on MTV. In 1999, a reissue of the album was released, which includes an audio interview segment and two studio outtakes.

Soul to Soul received generally positive reviews, with acclaim for Vaughan’s style and playing, and criticism for a lack of inspiration and Vaughan’s “hit or miss songwriting.”

In 1999, a reissue of the album was released which contains an audio interview segment and studio outtakes. In 2014, Analogue Productions Remaster used the original master tape for the first time since the first CD edition. The lyrics before the guitar solo on "Life Without You" have been restored audibly, whereas on other CD editions since 1999 they had been edited out.

Track listing

1999 reissue bonus tracks

"SRV Speaks" is from a studio interview with Timothy White for Westwood One Radio. The remaining bonus tracks are studio outtakes from the sessions for the album.

Personnel

Double Trouble
Additional personnel
Production
1999 reissue - with edited lyrics on "Life Without You"

Charts

Chart (1985-1986)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 27
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[3] 3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soul to Soul Billboard Albums . September 1, 2011 . . Rovi Corporation.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 328.
  3. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . fi.