{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = No Strain | type = Studio | artist = Memphis Slim | cover = No_Strain_cover.jpeg | alt = | released = 1961 | recorded = April 26 & November 15, 1960 | venue = | studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = Blues | length = 36:34 | label = Bluesville | producer = | chronology = Memphis Slim | prev_title = Just Blues | prev_year = 1961 | next_title = Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon at the Village Gate | next_year = 1962 }}
'''''No Strain''''' is an album by American blues pianist Memphis Slim which was recorded in 1960 and released on Bluesville, a sublabel of Prestige Records. It was reissued by Fantasy in 1972 as part of the double LP ''Raining the Blues'', along with ''Just Blues'', another album from the same sessions.<ref name="Disco">[http://www.wirz.de/music/blvilfrm.htm Bluesville Discography], Wirz.de</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Cook says "Both at the keyboard and the mic, alone or with company, Slim shows why he was one of the most urbane and original of blues giants."<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|last=Cook|first=Stephen|class=album|id=mw0000862364|title=Memphis Slim – ''No Strain'': Review|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>
== Track listing == All compositions by Peter Chatman except where noted. # "Darling, I Miss You So" – 3:11 # "Lonesome Traveler" – 2:44 # "No Strain" – 6:16 # "Don't Think You're Smart" – 3:33 # "Raining the Blues" – 3:46 # "You're Gonna Need My Help One Day" – 3:14 # "Angel Child" – 3:07 # "Fast and Free" – 1:56 # "My Baby Left Me" – 3:04 # "Lucille" – 2:16 # "Nice Stuff" (Chatman-Thomas) – 3:27
== Personnel == *Memphis Slim – piano, vocals *Lafayette Thomas – guitar *Wendell Marshall – double bass *Buster 'Harpie' Brown – harmonica
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Category:1961 albums Category:Memphis Slim albums Category:Bluesville Records albums Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio