Boz Scaggs Albums Ranked

William Royce “Boz” Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He became prominent for his series of albums in the late 1970s, and songs “Lido Shuffle” and “Lowdown” from Silk Degrees (1976), which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Scaggs continues to write, record music, and tour. Scaggs was born in Canton, Ohio, the eldest child of a traveling salesman. Their family moved to McAlester, Oklahoma, then to Plano, Texas (at that time a farm town), just north of Dallas. He attended a Dallas private school, St. Mark’s School of Texas, where schoolmate Mal Buckner gave him the nickname “Bosley”, later shortened to “Boz”. Here are all of Boz Scaggs’ albums ranked.

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7. Memphis (2013)

“There are many different moods on this CD- upbeat, slow and soulful, blues-y (nice slide guitar). I was looking forward to hearing him do “Rainy Night in Georgia”, but for some reason, the low notes sound a bit out of his range to me. His voice sounds great on all of the other songs, and he’s always shown a very good vocal range.”

6. Middle Man (1980)

“This is a fine album. The music has a much harder edge than any of his others. There are excellent musicians on this album including, Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, David Foster, Ray Parker, Jr., and Carlos Santana. Lukather’s guitar really shines on this album as well as Foster’s piano playing. The Vocals are strong and music is very smooth and crisp.”

5. My Time: Anthology (1969-97) (1997)

“There is a little bit of everything in this eclectic collection of 33 songs from the sixties, seventies, and nineties. The songs range from disco(“Lido Shuffle”) to impassioned ballads (“We’re All Alone”) to sweet and soulful (“Slow Dancer”). Scaggs definitely has one of the sweetest, most engaging voices around. Although he may be remembered most for his disco styled hits of the seventies, there is far more to the man, which this anthology clearly demonstrates.”

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4. Down Two Then Left (1977)

“HARD TIMES is a great track that probably failed on the charts because its title never occurs in the song. Had it used its hook “I Am Falling” as its title, the song may have been more easily identified. Other highlights: the joyous 1993; HOLLYWOOD with its great support from Carolyn Willis; the complexity of WE’RE WAITING and the melodic TOMORROW NEVER CAME. Actually, all tracks are extremely listenable and though somewhat dated, serve as a good example of cool at its best!”

3. A Fool To Care (2015)

“The song selections are fun and diverse and I like that; they deeply connect and come together in an unparalleled style. Perhaps Boz’s interpretation is what I feel when I listen to this collection.”

2. Boz Scaggs (1969)

“his wonderful album by Boz Scaggs is further testament to the enormous talent that was Duane Allman. There’s hidden beauty here and another side of Duane and Boz, many have never heard. Like two good ole’ country boys sittin’ back with some great musicians pickin’ and singin’ just for the fun of it.”

1. Silk Degrees (1976)

“Imagine a breezy Sunday summer evening, on the top deck of a house-boat, floating at anchor, in a cove, on a lake, listening to Boz’s silky satin voice…..That was the setting for the sound track many times. Those memories are refreshed every time I hear these songs, the boat’s been sold and the girl moved to Virginia but, as the song says “You Can’t Take the Memories”.