{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Natural Boogie | type = studio | artist = Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers | cover =Natural Boogie.jpg | alt = | released = 1974 | recorded = 1973 | venue = | studio = Sound Studios, Chicago, Illinois | genre = Blues | length = 40:18 | label = Alligator | producer = Bruce Iglauer | prev_title = Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = Beware of the Dog | next_year = 1975 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5|score=4.4/5 stars}}<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/natural-boogie-mw0000316487 AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''Christgau's Record Guide'' | rev2Score = A−<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|accessdate=March 15, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'' |rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin"/> }} '''''Natural Boogie''''' is the second studio album released by Hound Dog Taylor and his band the HouseRockers. Released on Alligator Records (AL 4704) in 1974, it was the follow-up to their 1971 debut album ''Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers''.
==Background==
''Natural Boogie'' was recorded at Sound Studios in Chicago, and produced by Hound Dog Taylor and Bruce Iglauer.<ref name="Alligator">{{cite web|url=http://www.alligator.com/albums/Natural-Boogie/|title=Natural Boogie|publisher=www.alligator.com|accessdate=January 10, 2015}}</ref> It was Taylor's second album, and the last to be released during his lifetime, although at the time of his death a live album, ''Beware of the Dog'', was already planned.<ref name="Penguin">Russell, T. and Smith, C. (2006): ''The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'', London: Penguin Books, p. 631</ref>
==Reception==
Cub Coda's review on AllMusic describes ''Natural Boogie'' as having a fatter sound than its predecessor, and a wider range of emotions and music. The website gives the album a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5.<ref name="Allmusic"/> ''The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings'' describes it as "a less incendiary performance than the first Alligator album but by no means lacking in bonhomie."<ref name="Penguin"/> In ''The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James'', author Steve Franz writes that the album's balance of material makes it arguably Taylor's best album.<ref name="Franz">Franz, Steve (2002). ''The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James''. Saint Louis, MO: BlueSource Publications, pp. 168–171</ref>
==Track listing== ''Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by Hound Dog Taylor'' # "Take Five" – 2:40 # "Hawaiian Boogie" (Elmore James, Joe Josea) – 2:38 # "See Me in the Evening" – 5:04 # "You Can't Sit Down" (Dee Clark, Phil Upchurch, Cornell Muldrow) – 3:20 # "Sitting at Home Alone" – 4:07 # "One More Time" (Brewer Phillips) – 2:27 # "Roll Your Moneymaker" – 4:00 # "Buster's Boogie" – 3:12 # "Sadie" – 6:10 # "Talk To My Baby" (Elmore James) – 3:18 # "Goodnight Boogie" – 3:22
==Personnel== ;Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers *Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor – vocals, guitar *Brewer Phillips – guitar *Ted Harvey – drums
===Production=== *Stu Black – engineer *Tom Coyne – mastering *Bruce Iglauer – producer *Bob Keeling – photography *Hound Dog Taylor – producer *Michael Trossman – design
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.alligator.com/albums/Natural-Boogie/ Alligator.com] *[http://www.discogs.com/Hound-Dog-Taylor-The-House-Rockers-Natural-Boogie/release/1622310 Discogs.com]
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Category:1974 albums Category:Hound Dog Taylor albums Category:Albums produced by Bruce Iglauer Category:Alligator Records albums