{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = A Man Amongst Men | type = album | artist = Bo Diddley | cover = A Man Amongst Men.jpg | alt = | released = 1996 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=54|s=06}} | label = Atlantic Records | producer = Mike Vernon | prev_title = This Should Not Be | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = | next_year = }}

'''''A Man Amongst Men''''' is the 24th and final studio album by American musician Bo Diddley and featured guest performances by Ron Wood, Keith Richards and Jimmie Vaughan.<ref name="ew">{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292700,00.html | title=A Man Amongst Men | publisher=Entertainment Weekly | date=May 24, 1996 | accessdate=2013-05-28 | author=Futterman, Steve | archive-date=2009-12-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223235700/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292700,00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> It was released on the Atlantic label in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-man-amongst-men-mw0000185619 | title=A Man Amongst Men | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=2013-05-28}}</ref> It peaked at #8 on the ''Billboard'' Top Blues Albums chart<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bo-diddley-mn0000055128/awards | title=Bo Diddley | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=2013-05-28}}</ref> and garnered mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="ew" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.georgegraham.com/diddley.html | title=The Graham Weekly Album Review #1031: Bo Diddley: A MAN AMONGST MEN | publisher=WVIA-FM | date=June 5, 1996 | accessdate=2013-05-28 | author=Graham, George}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Ellas McDaniel, except where noted | title1 = Bo Diddley Is Crazy | length1 = 4:51 | title2 = Can I Walk You Home | length2 = 5:20 | title3 = Hey Baby | length3 = 4:49 | title4 = I Can't Stand It | writer4 = Ron Wood | length4 = 5:18 | title5 = He's Got a Key | length5 = 3:59 | title6 = A Man Amongst Men | length6 = 4:00 | title7 = Coatimundi | length7 = 5:19 | title8 = That Mule | length8 = 6:25 | title9 = Kids Don't Do It | writer9 = Scott "Skyntyte" Free | length9 = 7:02 | title10 = Oops! Bo Diddley | length10 = 7:20 }}

==Personnel== *Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar *Deb Hastings – bass *Margo Lewis – Hammond B-3 organ *Garry "Philosopher G" Mitchell – vocals *Tom Major – drums *Dave Keyes – piano, synthesizer *Nunzio Signore – guitar *Jerry Portnoy – harmonica *Richie Sambora – guitar *Dave Bronze – bass *Wayne P. Sheehy – drums *Mike Vernon – bass drum, maracas, tambourine, claves, pans, woodblock *John Rosenberg – guitar

<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1510567/a/a+man+amongst+men.htm | title=Bo Diddley – A Man Amongst Men CD | publisher=CD Universe | accessdate=2013-05-28}}</ref>

==Production== Recorded at Big House NYC Produced by Mike Vernon *Martin Brass – engineer *Ken Feldman – assistant engineer

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