Force of Nature (Koko Taylor Album)
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Force of Nature is a blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 album by Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor was an American Chicago blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough, powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings....

, released in 1993 by Alligator Records
Alligator Records
Alligator Records is a Chicago-based independent blues record label founded by Bruce Iglauer in 1971.Iglauer started the label with his own savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record...

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Track listing

  1. "Mother Nature" (Milton Campbell) – 4:41
  2. "If I Can't Be First" (Ike Turner
    Ike Turner
    Isaac Wister Turner was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. In a career that lasted more than half a century, his repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk...

    ) – 3:40
  3. "Hound Dog
    Hound Dog (song)
    "Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952. Other early versions illustrate the differences among blues, country, and rock and roll in the mid-1950s. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best-known...

    " (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
    Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
    Jerome "Jerry" Leiber and Mike Stoller were American songwriting and record producing partners. Stoller was the composer and Leiber the lyricist. Their most famous songs include "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", "Kansas City", "Stand By Me" Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011)...

    ) – 5:33
  4. "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell
    William Bell (singer)
    William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter, and one of the architects of the Stax-Volt sound. As a performer, he is probably best known for 1961's "You Don't Miss Your Water" ; 1968's "Private Number" ; and 1976's "Tryin' To Love Two", Bell's only US top 40 hit, which also hit #1 on the...

    , Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...

    ) – 6:22
  5. "Let the Juke Joint Jump" (Jackson) – 6:08
  6. "63 Year Old Mama" (Koko Taylor) – 4:29
  7. "Don't Put Your Hands On Me" (Rick Estrin) – 2:53
  8. "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
    Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
    "Bad Case of Loving You " is a 1978 song recorded by Robert Palmer and written by Moon Martin. The song appeared on Palmer's 1979 album Secrets and was a hit, reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Canadian RPM chart in 1979...

    " (Moon Martin
    Moon Martin
    John David "Moon" Martin is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.-Career:Martin gained recognition in the 1970s as a pop artist and composer...

    ) – 4:23
  9. "Fish in Dirty Water" (Fleecie Moore, Spencer) – 5:45
  10. "Tit for Tat" (Lidsey, Shell) – 4:31
  11. "Put the Pot On" (Koko Taylor) – 3:48
  12. "Nothing Takes the Place of You" (Toussaint McCall, Alan Robinson) – 4:41
  13. "Spellbound" (Koko Taylor) – 4:07
  14. "Greedy Man" (Morris Dollison) – 3:27
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