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1993 studio album by Koko Taylor
Force of Nature is a
blues album by
Koko Taylor, released in 1993 by
Alligator Records.
[1]
[2] Taylor duetted with
Buddy Guy on the cover of "
Born Under a Bad Sign".
[3] "Mother Nature" was written by
Little Milton.
[4]
The Guardian noted that "her lung-bursting style is remarkably intact, and showed off to perfection on earth-shaking 'Hound Dog'."
[6]
- "Mother Nature" (Milton Campbell) – 4:41
- "If I Can't Be First" (
Ike Turner) – 3:40
- "
Hound Dog" (
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 5:33
- "
Born Under a Bad Sign" with Buddy Guy (
William Bell,
Booker T. Jones) – 6:22
- "Let the Juke Joint Jump" (
Vasti Jackson) – 6:08
- "63 Year Old Mama" (Koko Taylor) – 4:29
- "Don't Put Your Hands On Me" (Rick Estrin) – 2:53
- "
Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" (
Moon Martin) – 4:23
- "Fish in Dirty Water" (Fleecie Moore, Spencer) – 5:45
- "Tit for Tat" (Bucky Lindsey, Larry Shell) – 4:31
- "Put the Pot On" (Koko Taylor) – 3:48
- "Nothing Takes the Place of You" (Toussaint McCall, Alan Robinson) – 4:41
- "Spellbound" (Koko Taylor) – 4:07
- "Greedy Man" (Morris Dollison) – 3:27
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^ Heim, Chris (6 Aug 1993). "Summertime R&B". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. S.
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^ Mays, Gary (1 Oct 1993). "Blues queen gives it all she's got". The Pantagraph. p. B1.
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^ Green, Tony (15 Oct 1993). "Royal Blues". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 20.
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b Kot, Greg (9 Dec 1993). "PRIME KOKO TAYLOR PUTS HER BLUESY, BLISTERING VOCAL SIGNATURE ON 'FORCE OF NATURE'". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
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^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006).
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings.
Penguin. p. 632.
ISBN
978-0-140-51384-4.
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^ Spencer, Neil (2 Jan 1994). "KOKO TAYLOR Force of Nature". The Observer Review Page. The Guardian.