Couldn’t Stand The Weather Songs Ranked
Couldn’t Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. It was released on May 15, 1984, by Epic Records as the follow-up to the band’s critically and commercially successful 1983 album, Texas Flood. Recording sessions took place in January 1984 at the Power Station in New York City. In 1999, a reissue of the album was released which contains an audio interview segment and four studio outtakes. In 2010, the album was reissued as a Legacy Edition containing two CDs with a previously unreleased studio outtake and selections from an August 17, 1984, concert at The Spectrum in Montreal, Canada, originally recorded for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio program. Here are all of Couldn’t Stand The Weather songs ranked.
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8. Stang’s Swang
“Stang’s Swang is a credible attempt at electric jazz blues (though serious jazz musicians will complain that he plays IV-V-I over every II-V-I cadence, true rockers will like it better than any jazz they have ever heard).”
7. Tin Pan Alley
“This album shows that he is a great blues man and could have been just as rock and roll and cathardic as hendrix if he really wanted to. It also shows that he had and could have had more skill as a great jazz musician.”
6. Honey Bee
“My favorite on this one is “Honey Bee.” It’s a classic-style blues number with great, upbeat writing and one of the best intros I’ve ever heard. Stevie Ray Vaughan was a genius when he went into the studio he gave it his all 100%.”
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5. Scuttle Buttin’
“If you don’t know what the hoop-la about Stevie Ray Vaughan was all about, you will after you listen to this. It kicks in with Scuttle Buttin’, a cheeky, breakneck instrumental that will leave the guitarists amongst you wondering how on earth he did that, and continues to surprise and impress as it bounces merrily along its way.”
4. The Things (That) I Used to Do
“The Things (That) I Used To Do” is a slow blues they’d perform better on other albums. Stevie added so much more depth. But all in all, this is thee guitar album. Greatness in guitar is in abundance here, and there is no way you could stop Stevie.”
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3. Couldn’t Stand the Weather
“Couldn’t Stand The Weather was Vaughn’s breakout album. Vaughn actually had a video for the title track on MTV-anyone had to–and for those of us who remembered what music was supposed to sound like, it made us perk up. This stuff sounded like Hendrix, and James Brown. But more pure blues, but more jazzy. And completely up to date in 1985.”
2. Cold Shot
“The best tracks are absolutely killer. “Cold Shot”, a mid-tempo shuffle, is an excellent track with Stevie Ray singing more subdued than usual. Cold Shot sounds like formula blues but with the SRV kick.”
1. Voodoo Child
“He gives a nod to his blues roots in almost every song (several are blues standards), but none more-so than Voodoo Child. His version is more driving and “perfect” than Hendrix’s though somewhat less spontaneous.”