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Stay Around

Stay Around is the 15th and final studio album by songwriter, guitarist and singer J. J. Cale, and his first and only posthumous album so far, released on April 26, 2019 by Because Music.[2][3]

Stay Around
Studio album by
J. J. Cale
ReleasedApril 26, 2019
GenreAmericana, Tulsa sound, Blues[1]
Length48:32
LabelBecause Music
ProducerJ. J. Cale[2]
J. J. Cale chronology
Live in San Diego
(Eric Clapton album)
(2016) 		Stay Around
(2019)
J. J. Cale studio albums chronology
Roll On
(2009) 		Stay Around
(2019)
Singles from Stay Around
  1. "Chasing You"
    Released: January 31, 2019 (YouTube)[3]
  2. "Stay Around"
    Released: March 20, 2019 (YouTube) ; April 13, 2019 (RSD) (7" single)
  3. "Go Downtown"
    Released: May 7, 2019 (YouTube)
  4. "If We Try"
    Released: July 9, 2019 (YouTube)
  5. "Long About Sundown"
    Released: July 9, 2019 (YouTube)
  6. "Winter Snow"
    Released: July 9, 2019 (YouTube)
  7. "Maria"
    Released: July 9, 2019 (YouTube)
  8. "Tell Daddy"
    Released: July 9, 2019 (YouTube)
  9. "Wish You Were Here"
    Released: July 9, 2019 (YouTube)

Overview

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Stay Around is a collection of 15 previously unreleased Cale songs, all mixed and produced by J. J. Cale himself and compiled by those closest to him, Cale's widow Christine Lakeland Cale and his longtime friend and manager Mike Kappus. This is his first release of original material in a decade. In a statement, Lakeland spoke about how she compiled Stay Around, saying, "I wanted to find stuff that was completely unheard to max-out the ‘Cale factor’… using as much that came from John's ears and fingers and his choices as I could, so I stuck to John's mixes. You can make things so sterile that you take the human feel out. But John left a lot of that human feel in. He left so much room for interpretation."[3]

Release

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Stay Around was released on multiple formats (digital, CD & limited collector vinyl) on April 26, 2019 by Because Music.[2]

Singles

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"Chasing You", the first single from the album, was digitally released on January 31, 2019.[4] It came with a music video (2:58) released via YouTube with footage of Cale touring and performing live taken from the 2005 documentary To Tulsa and back – On Tour with J. J. Cale.[3]

The title track, "Stay Around" was digitally released on March 20, 2019 as the second single from the album. It came with a music video (3:05) released via YouTube. This single was released on vinyl (on Because Music label) on April 13, 2019 (at the occasion of Record Store Day) backed with "Worrying Off Your Mind", a (then) digital-only bonus track from J.J. Cale's previous studio album Roll On (2009).[5][6]

"Go Downtown" was digitally released on May 7, 2019. It came with a music video (3:33) released via YouTube.[7]

About the tracks

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  • "Chasing You" is a simmering blues rocker anchored by Cale's plucky guitar and tender vocals as he sings, "Walking down through the past/We thought it would always last/Things have changed somehow/It's all behind us now/Don't know why I do/I'm still chasing you," according to Rolling Stone magazine.[3]

Track listing

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All songs written by J. J. Cale except "My Baby Blues" written by Cale's wife Christine Lakeland, the first song she and Cale recorded in 1977 as part of a four-piece combo.[3]

  1. "Lights Down Low" – 2:20
  2. "Chasing You" – 4:26
  3. "Winter Snow" – 3:25
  4. "Stay Around" – 4:42
  5. "Tell You 'Bout Her" – 3:45
  6. "Oh My My" – 1:51
  7. "My Baby Blues" – 3:04
  8. "Girl of Mine" – 3:02
  9. "Go Downtown" – 3:32
  10. "If We Try" – 2:49
  11. "Tell Daddy" – 3:24
  12. "Wish You Were Here" – 2:45
  13. "Long About Sundown" – 2:48
  14. "Maria" – 3:38
  15. "Don't Call Me Joe" – 3:01

Personnel

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Musicians

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  • J. J. Cale – vocals

Production

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  • J. J. Cale – executive producer

Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[8] 44
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 27
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 9
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 68
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[16] 31
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 27
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 3

References

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  1. ^ https://www.discogs.com/master/1530739-JJ-Cale-Stay-Around [bare URL]
  2. ^ a b c "JJ Cale – Stay Around album out April 26th". jjcale.com. March 2019. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Hear JJ Cale's Previously Unreleased Rocker 'Chasing You' – Posthumous LP 'Stay Around' set to arrive this April (by Jon Blistein)". Rolling Stone. January 31, 2019. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "JJ Cale – Chasing You (Official Music Video) (2:58)". January 31, 2019. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "jjcale.org > Roll On – bonus tracks (lyrics)". Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "www.shugarecords.com > JJ Cale – Stay Around / Worrying Off Your Mind – New 7" Single 2019 Because RSD Exclusive Release – Blues Rock". Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "jjcale.org > Go Downtown (lyrics)". Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  8. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – J.J. Cale – Stay Around" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – J.J. Cale – Stay Around" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – J.J. Cale – Stay Around" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – J.J. Cale – Stay Around" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  13. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 18, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – J. J. Cale – Stay Around" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  15. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 18 (dal 26.04.2019 al 02.05.2019)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  16. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – J. J. Cale – Stay Around". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  17. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  18. ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 18: del 26.4.2019 al 2.5.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  19. ^ "Swisscharts.com – J.J. Cale – Stay Around". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
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