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A Piece of Your Soul is the second album by the American blues rock band Storyville, released in 1996.[2][3] It was chosen as the album of the year at the Austin Music Awards.[4]

A Piece of Your Soul
Studio album by Storyville
Released	1996
Genre	Blues rock
Label	Code Blue/Atlantic Records[1]
Producer	David Z
Storyville chronology
The Bluest Eyes (1994) A Piece of Your Soul (1996) Dog Years (1998)

The album peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Blues Albums chart; it remained on the chart for more than half a year.[5][6] Its first single was "Good Day for the Blues", which was a radio hit.[7] Storyville promoted the album by opening for the Allman Brothers Band on some West Coast tour dates.[8]

Production

The album was produced by David Z.[9] All five bandmembers contributed to the songwriting; fellow Austin musicians, including Doyle Bramhall II, helped as well.[10][11] Reese Wynans played organ on A Piece of Your Soul.[12]

Compared to the debut, frontman Malford Milligan's work on the album was influenced more by soul music than by the blues.[13]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[14]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[13]
The Indianapolis Star	[15]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[16]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the album "a broad and colorful pallet of soulful laments ('Don't Make Me Cry'), hard-driving rockers ('Bitter Rain'), and bluesy ballads ('Blind Side')."[17] The Indianapolis Star wrote: "A little blues, a little country, a little R&B, a little gospel ... Storyville handles all the elements masterfully."[15]

The Sun Sentinel labeled "Don't Make Me Cry" "a slow burn of desert rat guitar and lazy back-beat drums."[18] The Baltimore Sun determined that the album's best songs "use the blues vocabulary to express some decidedly non-traditional ideas."[19] The Austin American-Statesman concluded that "though A Piece of Your Soul doesn't hold up well to critical analysis, with such well-worn titles as 'Solid Ground', 'Blind Side' and 'Luck Runs Out' providing a road map to the commonplace, there's no denying how good it sounds."[20]

AllMusic deemed it "a gritty Texas blues record, but it's delivered with enough rock & roll savvy to crossover into the mainstream."[14]

Track listing

References

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