Toward the Blues
Studio album by
Chain
Released1971
StudioT.C.S. Studios (Melbourne)
GenreBlues
Length42:38
LabelInfinity Records
ProducerChain and John Sayers
Chain chronology
Live Festival Toward the Blues Live Again Festival

Toward the Blues is a studio album by the Australian blues band Chain which reached No. 6 on the Kent Music Report albums chart.[1] In October 2010, it was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[2]

The 30th anniversary edition (September 2001) of the album added an 's' to the word Toward of the album title, Towards the Blues.

Track listing

All songs written by Phil Manning, Barry Harvey, Barry Sullivan and Matt Taylor; except where noted.

  1. "Black and Blue" (single version)
  2. "Judgement"
  3. "Slow in D"
  4. "Thirty Two Twenty Blues" (Robert Johnson, Traditional arranged by Chain)
  5. "Snatch It Back and Hold It" (Junior Wells)
  6. "Boogie"
  7. "Booze Is Bad News Blues"
  8. "Albert Gooses Gonna Turn the Blues Looses"
  9. "Black and Blue" (original album version)

Charts

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) 6

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[3] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Victoria: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  3. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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