Rockin' My Life Away | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | George Thorogood and the Destroyers |
Cover: | RockinMyLifeAway.jpg |
Released: | March 25, 1997 |
Recorded: | November–December 1996 |
Genre: | |
Length: | 44:33 |
Label: | EMI America |
Producer: | Delaware Destroyers Waddy Wachtel |
Prev Year: | 1995 |
Next Title: | Half a Boy/Half a Man |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Rockin' My Life Away is the tenth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released March 25, 1997 by the label EMI America Records.[1] The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart,[2] [3] and spent 9 weeks on the chart.[4]
Rockin' My Life Away was the first Destroyers album to not reach the Billboard 200 since their debut in 1977.
EMI America released Rockin' My Life Away on March 25, 1997.[5] Two tracks from the album were released as singles, "Rockin' My Life Away"[6] and "The Usual". The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart. Rockin' My Life Away is the only Destroyers studio album to chart in Finland, where it peaked at No. 37.[7]
Rockin' My Life Away received mixed reviews from critics.AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine says "and while he's losing energy as he ages, it actually adds some subtlety to his music. Still, if Rockin' My Life Away is anything, it's bloozy boogie and it's predictable, and for longtime fans, the lack of spark may cancel out the strength of the material."[8] A reviewer for RPM magazine wrote that the album "may not be entirely new material, but it is more than enough to keep many a Thorogood fan happy".[9]
The following personnel are credited on the album:[8]