World Boogie Is Coming

World Boogie Is Coming is the eighth studio album by American band North Mississippi Allstars. It was released on September 3, 2013 via Songs of the South Records. Recording sessions took place at Arlyn Studios in Austin and at Zebra Ranch Studios in Independence. Production was handled by Cody and Luther Dickinson.

World Boogie Is Coming
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2013 (2013-09-03)
Studio
Genre
Length58:17
LabelSongs of the South
Producer
North Mississippi Allstars chronology
I'm Just Dead I'm Not Gone
(2012)
World Boogie Is Coming
(2013)
Freedom & Dreams
(2015)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
American Songwriter     [3]
Blurt     [4]
Los Angeles Times    [5]
The Guardian     [6]

World Boogie Is Coming was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on nine reviews.[1]

AllMusic's Steve Leggett praised the album, saying: "NMA's version of Junior Kimbrough's "Meet Me in the City" here almost sounds like power pop, but filtered through a rustic moonshine filter. Every track here is like that, roaring into the 21st century sounding big, urgent, and huge, but so grounded in the local folk-blues tradition that each track seems to carry imprinted DNA that says boogie all over it".[2] Randall Roberts of Los Angeles Times found the album "chaotic and expansive in the best sense: The Allstars attack many blues and southern rock ideas--and let loose doing it. As a result, World Boogie feels like a journey".[5] Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter wrote: "By smartly abandoning the hip-hop and indie rock impulses that have appeared on, and arguably watered down, previous NMAS releases, the brothers Dickinson focus on what they do best; grind out muddy boogie with the pulsating, sweat soaked intensity of those that originated the rustic music they clearly love".[3] Fred Mills of Blurt wrote: "their latest, crammed with 17 tracks, will likely be a case of too much of a good thing for all but the hardcore fans".[4] Robin Denselow of The Guardian wrote: "the album succeeds because it has a freshness, raw energy and attack reminiscent of the way Mama Rosin re-work Cajun music".[6]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."JR"David Kimbrough2:40
2."Goat Meat"
3:45
3."Rollin 'n Tumblin"Traditional2:35
4."Boogie"Traditional3:53
5."Get the Snakes Out the Woods"0:37
6."Snake Drive"R. L. Burnside2:47
7."That Dog After That Rabbit"
0:32
8."Meet Me in the City"David Kimbrough4:36
9."Turn Up Satan"
  • Luther Dickinson
  • Cody Dickinson
  • Chris Chew
4:41
10."Shimmy"Othar Turner3:01
11."My Babe"William James Dixon1:26
12."Granny, Does Your Dog Bite"
2:00
13."World Boogie"Booker T. Washington White4:04
14."Goin' to Brownsville"6:51
15."I'm Leaving"David Kimbrough3:45
16."Jumper on the Line"R. L. Burnside10:03
17."Cuttin' Shorty"
  • Cody Dickinson
  • Steve Malcolm
1:01
Total length:58:17

Charts

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Chart performance for World Boogie Is Coming
Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 146
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] 44
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[9] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] 32
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 2
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[12] 14

References

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  1. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for World Boogie Is Coming". Metacritic. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Leggett, Steve. "World Boogie Is Coming - North Mississippi Allstars | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Horowitz, Hal (September 3, 2013). "North Mississippi Allstars: World Boogie is Coming". American Songwriter. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Mills, Fred (September 5, 2013). "NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS – World Boogie is Coming". Blurt. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Roberts, Randall (September 11, 2013). "Review: North Mississippi Allstars let loose on 'World Boogie'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Denselow, Robin (October 17, 2013). "North Mississippi Allstars: World Boogie Is Coming – review". The Guardian. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  11. ^ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  12. ^ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
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