Different Shades of Blue

Studio album by

Joe Bonamassa

Released

September 22, 2014

Studio

Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas, Nevada)
The Cave (Malibu, California)

Genre

Blues rock

Length

48:19 (standard edition)
1:05:37 (Best Buy edition)

Label

J&R Records

Producer

Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley

Joe Bonamassa chronology

Seesaw
(2013)

Different Shades of Blue
(2014)

Blues of Desperation
(2016)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
PopMatters	(8/10)^[2]

Different Shades of Blue is the eleventh studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on September 22, 2014.

The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, which makes this Bonamassa's highest charting album, and his first top 10 on the chart.^[3] It was ranked No. 3 on Billboard's Year End Blues Album Chart of 2015.^[4] It has sold 96,000 copies in the United States as of February 2016.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"	Jimi Hendrix	1:19
2.	"Oh Beautiful!"	Bonamassa, James House	5:28
3.	"Love Ain't a Love Song"	Bonamassa, Jerry Flowers	3:48
4.	"Living on the Moon"	Bonamassa, House	3:21
5.	"Heartache Follows Wherever I Go"	Bonamassa, House	4:33
6.	"Never Give All Your Heart"	Bonamassa, Jonathan Cain	5:24
7.	"I Gave Up Everything for You, 'Cept the Blues"	Bonamassa, Flowers, Jeffrey Steele	4:39
8.	"Different Shades of Blue"	Bonamassa, House	4:39
9.	"Get Back My Tomorrow"	Bonamassa, Flowers, Steele	4:46
10.	"Trouble Town"	Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson	4:56
11.	"So, What Would I Do"	Bonamassa	5:26
12.	"Scarlet Town (Best Buy Exclusive)"	Bob Dylan	7:57
13.	"Better The Devil You Know (Best Buy Exclusive)"	Bonamassa	4:41
14.	"Black Irish Eyes (Best Buy Exclusive)"	Bonamassa	4:33

Personnel

Musicians

Joe Bonamassa – guitar, vocals
Reese Wynans – organ, piano
Anton Fig – drums, percussion
Carmine Rojas – bass
Michael Rhodes – bass
Lenny Castro – percussion
Doug Henthorn – background vocals
Melanie Williams – background vocals
Lee Thornburg – horn arrangements, trombone, trumpet
Ron Dziubla – saxophone
The Bovaland Orchestra – strings
Jeff Bova – string arrangements

Production

Rik Gould – photography
Mark Everton Gray – engineer
Erik Kabik – photography
Philippe Klose – photography
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Kevin Shirley – engineer, mixing, producer
Brent Spear – technician at The Palms
Dennis Friel – design, artwork

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[6]	8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[7]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[8]	19
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	15
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[10]	12
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[11]	11
French Albums (SNEP)^[12]	27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[13]	3
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[14]	63
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[15]	10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[16]	18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[17]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[18]	22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[19]	5
UK Albums (OCC)^[20]	9
US Billboard 200^[21]	8
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[22]	1
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)^[23]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[24]	3
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)^[25]	8

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)^[26]	Gold	10,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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