Texas Flood Songs Ranked
Texas Flood is the debut studio album by the American blues-rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released on June 13, 1983 by Epic Records. The album was named after a cover-featured on the album, “Texas Flood”, which was first recorded by blues singer Larry Davis in 1958. Produced by the band and recording engineer Richard Mullen, Texas Flood was recorded in the space of three days at Jackson Browne’s personal recording studio in Los Angeles. Vaughan wrote six of the album’s ten tracks. Texas Flood received positive reviews, with critics praising the deep blues sound, and Vaughan’s songwriting, while some criticized the album for straying too far from mainstream rock. A retrospective review by AllMusic awarded it five out of five stars. Here are all of Texas Flood songs ranked.
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10. Dirty Pool
“The honest, ungimmicky explosion of inspired virtuosity, warm but raw tone and the expressiveness of his playing on this historic album blew me away and changed my musical outlook for ever. The recording was treated as a live gig – he just walked into the studio with his band and played the usual live set straight trough twice – and the spontanaety of the performance shines through.”
9. I’m Cryin’
“Stevie Ray Vaughan knew not only the form but also the substance of the blues, and his guitar playing is masterful. Vaughan had an incredibly ability to keep his solos sounding fresh and innovative, even when they went on for several minutes at a time, and he was a more than adequate singer as well, switching effortlessly between rock n’ roll and slow, soulful blues tunes.”
8. Testify
“Very few artists in a life time of the history in music have accomplished what Steve Ray Vaughan did in a short life. Stevie was a master. Stevie was an artist that played the guitar with such emotion and feeling that you knew he was not holding back.”
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7. Tell Me
“Hear this from an accomplished guitar player: when you grow up a little and stop listening to guitar music that sounds like a MIDI file with little emotion, with limited human feeling and dynamic, then you will yearn for a master”
6. Rude Mood
“This is one of the greatest albums of all time, and I just hate to think that someone interested in picking it up would hesitate because someone who knew nothing of true talent posted such venomous bile without qualification. If you don’t believe that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of the rare talents of our guitar history then you have a great deal to learn about true guitar playing.”
5. Mary Had a Little Lamb
“At first I thought ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ was slightly silly, but now I’m warming up to it and it’s getting stuck in my head. Stevie Ray did things on this album that has not been successfully and consistently imitated by anyone.”
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4. Love Struck Baby
“This man is not only the greatest electric guitarist that ever lived, and I mean in any genre, but he is also one of the BLACKEST men that ever lived. The little white boy from Texas played the guitar like he had the weight and misery of the entire black race on his shoulders.”
3. Pride and Joy
“Pride And Joy” is the biggest song on here and its a great tune with memorable lyrics and great guitar playing. When Stevie’s wife first heard “Pride and Joy”, she became jealous thinking he had written it for another woman. So, the poor guy went and rewrote it with different lyrics.”
2. Texas Flood
“The title song – Texas Flood – is perhaps one of the greatest blues songs I have ever heard. It’s even more remarkable when you realize that the song you’re hearing was recorded almost “live” in the studio with a minimum of overdubs and takes.”
1. Lenny
“Every time I hear it, I can just imagine Stevie sitting in some small club in Austin, sitting in a chair on stage with a cigarette burning in his mouth and his trademark hat sitting on his head, contorting his face into all crazy shapes and hitting and bending his guitar’s string with so much damn emotion it makes your stomach twist.”
