The Howlin Wolf Album (LP)

The Howlin Wolf Album (LP)It's not often that an album disavowed by its author at the time of release goes on to become considered a modern classic. Yet that's exactly what happened with Chicago blues legend Howlin Wolf's 1969 LP The Howlin Wolf Album, a release that has since attained mythical status due to the controversy behind it. Released on Cadet Records, a subsidiary of legendary imprint Chess Records, The Howlin Wolf Album was a radical experiment for a wellestablished

It's not often that an album disavowed by its author at the time of release goes on to become considered a modern classic. Yet that's exactly what happened with Chicago blues legend Howlin Wolf's 1969 LP The Howlin Wolf Album, a release that has since attained mythical status due to the controversy behind it.

Released on Cadet Records, a subsidiary of legendary imprint Chess Records, The Howlin Wolf Album was a radical experiment for a wellestablished artist: an attempt to integrate electric instruments and psychedelic arrangements into his revered signature blues sound. The result was an album that Wolf himself initially disregarded on the now infamous cover, but one that has won a special place amongst dedicated music aficionados thanks to its unique mix of traditional blues and electric rock elements.

A1        Spoonful    
A2        Tail Dragger    
A3        Smokestack Lightning    
A4        Moanin' At Midnight    
A5        Built For Comfort    
B1        The Red Rooster    
B2        Evil    
B3        Down In The Bottom    
B4        Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy    
B5        Back Door Man