The Back Door Wolf

The Back Door Wolf is the final studio album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1973.

Reception

In a retrospective AllMusic review, critic Cub Koda wrote: "This, Wolf's last hurrah, is his final studio album. Cut with his regular working band, the Wolf Gang, everything here works well ... Not the place to start a Wolf collection by any means, but a great place to end up".

Track listing

All compositions credited to Chester Burnett except where noted

1. "Moving" – 2:44
2. "Coon on the Moon" (Eddie Shaw) – 3:44
3. "Speak Now Woman" (James Oden) – 4:50
4. "Trying to Forget You" (Shaw) – 3:33
5. "Stop Using Me" – 2:52
6. "Leave Here Walking" (Shaw) – 2:30
7. "The Back Door Wolf" (Shaw, Ralph Bass) – 4:02
8. "You Turn Slick on Me" (Emery Williams Jr.) – 4:50
9. "The Watergate Blues" (Shaw) – 3:10
10. "Can't Stay Here" (Andrew McMahon) – 2:31

Additional track on CD reissue

1. <li value="11">"Speak Now Woman" [Alternate take] (Oden) – 4:20

Personnel

• Howlin' Wolf – vocals, harmonica
• Eddie Shaw – tenor saxophone (track 7)
• Detroit Junior – piano, harpsichord
• Hubert Sumlin, Willie Williams – guitar
• Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, James Green – bass
• S. P. Leary – drums

References