Down Two Then Left
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| AllMusic | StarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | StarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[3] |
| Variety | (favourable)[4] |
Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.[5] This album is notable for having the first appearance of Steve Lukather on a Boz Scaggs album.
Track listing
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Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.
Personnel
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- Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
- Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
- Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
- Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
- Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
- Jay Graydon – guitars, guitar solo (7)
- David Hungate – bass guitar (1)
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar (2–10)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
- Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
- Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
- Alan Estes – congas (4)
- Don Menza – saxophones
- Fred Selden – saxophones, flute
- Ernie Watts – saxophones
- Dana Hughes – trombone
- Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
- Steve Madaio – trumpet
- Barbara Korn – French horn
- David Duke – French horn
- Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
- Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5–7), voices (verses, 4)
- Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
- John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
- Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
- Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
- Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
- Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
- Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
- Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
- Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
- Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
- Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Producer – Joe Wissert
- Engineer – Tom Perry
- Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
- Design – Nancy Donald
- Photography – Guy Bourdin (features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant)[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[18] | 2× Platinum | 100,000 |
| Canada (Music Canada)[19] | Platinum | 100,000 |
| United States (RIAA)[20] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-026-6. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 298, no. 4. November 30, 1977. p. 58. Template:ProQuest.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then". The Hollywood Reporter. October 15, 2010.
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. . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Turnbull, Martin (November 17, 2012). "Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Turnbull, Martin. "Spotlight on…Romanoff's". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Sessiondays. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 17, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1978". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cash Box Newspaper". Cash Box. March 25, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via World Radio History.
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External links
- Down Two Then Left lyrics
- Down Two Then Left magazine ad
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