People Gonna Talk is the third album by English singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 James Hunter

James Hunter (singer)

James Hunter is a Grammy Award-nominated English R&B musician and soul singer.-Career:Hunter's career began with a band called "Howlin' Wilf and the Vee-Jays," who released their first album in 1986 entitled Cry Wilf. Later he released three more with his own band...

, released on March 7, 2006. The album charted at number one on the Billboard

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 Top Blues Albums chart. The album reached the top ten in Mojo

Mojo (magazine)

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magazine's Albums Of 2006 critics polls. It was also nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album

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. Two singles were released from the album in the U.S., "People Gonna Talk" and "Mollena".

Track listing

All songs written by James Hunter.

1. "People Gonna Talk" - 3:18
2. "No Smoke Without Fire" - 3:05
3. "You Can't Win" - 2:31
4. "Riot in My Heart" - 4:16
5. "'Till Your Fool Comes Home" - 2:30
6. "Mollena" -2:33
7. "I'll Walk Away" - 4:07
8. "Watch & Chain" - 3:19
9. "Kick It Around" - 1:59
10. "Don't Come Back" - 2:37
11. "It's Easy to Say" - 3:48
12. "Tell Her For Me" - 1:53
13. "Talking 'Bout My Life" - 2:22
14. "All Though Cryin'" - 2:35

Personnel

• James Hunter - guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Lee Badau - baritone saxophone
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• Damian Hand - tenor saxophone
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  , string arrangements
• Jonathan Lee - percussion
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  , drums
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• Vicky Matthews - organ
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• Tom Morgan - piano
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• Gavin Whitlock - baritone saxophone

Guest musicians

• Ellen Blair - viola
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• Gill Morley - violin
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• Carwyn Ellis
  Carwyn Ellis
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   - organ
  Organ (music)
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Production

• Liam Watson
  Liam Watson
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   - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Harry Benson
  Harry Benson
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  - Photography
• Noel Summerville - Mastering

External links

• Rolling Stone Review