# Natural Boogie

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Natural Boogie
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers](/source/Hound_Dog_Taylor)
| cover      =Natural Boogie.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1974
| recorded   = 1973
| venue      =
| studio     = Sound Studios, [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois)
| genre      = [Blues](/source/Blues)
| length     = 40:18
| label      = [Alligator](/source/Alligator_Records)
| producer   = [Bruce Iglauer](/source/Bruce_Iglauer)
| prev_title = [Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers](/source/Hound_Dog_Taylor_and_the_HouseRockers)
| prev_year  = 1971
| next_title = Beware of the Dog
| next_year  = 1975
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies)''
| 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](/source/Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies)|publisher=[Ticknor & Fields](/source/Ticknor_%26_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](/source/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](/source/Hound_Dog_Taylor) and his band the HouseRockers. Released on [Alligator Records](/source/Alligator_Records) (AL 4704) in 1974, it was the follow-up to their 1971 debut album ''[Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Hound_Dog_Taylor)''
# "Take Five" – 2:40
# "Hawaiian Boogie" ([Elmore James](/source/Elmore_James), Joe Josea) – 2:38
# "See Me in the Evening" – 5:04
# "[You Can't Sit Down](/source/You_Can't_Sit_Down)" ([Dee Clark](/source/Dee_Clark), [Phil Upchurch](/source/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](/source/Hound_Dog_Taylor) – vocals, guitar
*[Brewer Phillips](/source/Brewer_Phillips) – guitar
*Ted Harvey – drums

===Production===
*Stu Black – [engineer](/source/audio_engineering)
*Tom Coyne – mastering
*Bruce Iglauer – [producer](/source/record_producer)
*Bob Keeling – [photography](/source/photography)
*Hound Dog Taylor – producer
*Michael Trossman – design

==References==
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==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

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