2010 studio album by Cyndi Lauper
Memphis Blues is the eleventh
studio album by American singer
Cyndi Lauper , containing cover versions of classic
blues songs. Regarded as a continuation of her 2008 comeback, the album was a nominee for the Grammy Awards 2010 and was released on her 57th birthday, June 22, 2010. According to the Brazilian daily newspaper
O Globo , the album had sold 600,000 copies worldwide by November 2010.
[6] Memphis Blues was voted the 7th best album of 2010 by the
New York Post ,
[7] and it went on to become Billboard's biggest selling blues album of 2010. To support the album, Lauper made her biggest tour ever, the
Memphis Blues Tour , which had more than 140 shows.
Background
Lauper announced via her official Twitter account in December 2009 that she would be recording a blues album. Sessions were held in March 2010 at Electraphonic Studios in Memphis, Tennessee , with producer Scott Bomar , her frequent collaborator Bill Wittman, and special guests B. B. King , Charlie Musselwhite , Ann Peebles and Allen Toussaint .[8]
Promotion
Lauper performed songs from the album on the
Lauper has supported the album with the Memphis Blues Tour .[13]
Lauper was honored at the 2010
NARM Awards and performed several songs from the
Memphis Blues album at the event.
[14]
Commercial reception
Memphis Blues debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Blues chart and at number 26 on the official Billboard 200 , with a moderately successful first week sales of more than 16,000 copies.[15] The album is Lauper's third-highest charting album on the Billboard 200 of her career, trailing only her first two releases, She's So Unusual and True Colors . The album remained at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues chart for thirteen weeks, totaling 40 weeks in the chart. The album has sold 76,000 copies in the United States as of May 2016.[16] In 2011 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.[17] In Brazil, the album sold around 10,000 units.[6]
Seven songs from the album ranked in the Top 25 on Billboard 's Blues Digital Songs chart, including "Crossroads" at number one.[18]
Track listing
Memphis Blues – Standard edition Title Writer(s) 1. "Robert Johnson
4:44 Total length: 45:41
[19]
Memphis Blues – Latin American edition Title Writer(s) 13. "I Don't Want to Cry" (featuring Léo Gandelman ) Chuck Jackson 4:39 Total length: 53:42
Memphis Blues – Japanese edition Title Writer(s) 13. "Don't Want to Cry" (featuring TOKU ) Chuck Jackson 4:34 Total length: 53:37
Memphis Blues – 2 Disc Japanese edition (DVD) Title 1. "Behind The Scenes Video Of Making Of 'Memphis Blues'" 4:36 2. "Cyndi Talking About 'Memphis Blues'" 2:30 Total length: 7:06
Personnel
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end chart
Chart (2010)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Blues Albums
1
Songs
Year
Songs
Peak positions
Billboard Digital Blues Songs[36]
Canadian Blues Songs
New Zealand Blues Songs
Japan Blues Songs
Irish Singles Chart
Italian Singles Chart[37]
2010
"Just Your Fool "
2
1
10
1
66
—
"Crossroads"
1
—
—
15
—
—
"How Blue Can You Get?"
9
5
20
—
—
—
"Rollin' and Tumblin'"
12
3
2
4
—
—
"Early in the Mornin'"
14
5
2
5
—
—
"Romance in the Dark"
17
—
—
—
—
—
"Shattered Dreams"
25
—
—
1
—
—
"Wild Women Don't Get the Blues"
—
—
—
—
—
43
"I Don't Want to Cry"
—
—
—
1
—
—
Accolades
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