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Bad Habits is a blues album by Canadian musician Colin James, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). In the U.S., the album was released on Elektra Records. The album was produced, engineered and mixed at Compass Point Studios in Nassau and mastered at MasterDisk in New York City. The album earned James the 1996 Juno Award for "Male Vocalist of the Year". The album had sold 70,000 units in Canada by January, 1999.[1]

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Bad Habits
Studio album by Colin James
Released	1995
Studio	Compass Point (Nassau)
Genre	Blues
Length	47:33
Label	Warner
Producer	Chris Kimsey
Colin James chronology
Colin James and the Little Big Band (1993) Bad Habits (1995) Then Again... (1995)

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Track listing

1. "Saviour" (Coyne, Legget, Smith) – 4:40
2. "Freedom" (James, Wilson) – 5:25
3. "Standin' on the Edge" (J.L. Williams) – 3:45
4. "Real Stuff" (James, Burgess, Linden) – 4:19
5. "Better Days" (James, Burgess) – 4:33
6. "I Can't Hold Out" (Willie Dixon) – 4:12
7. "Bad Habits" (Brewer) – 5:15
8. "Forty Four" (Burnett) – 4:31
9. "Walkin' Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 3:25
10. "Atlanta Moan" – 3:11
11. "Speechless" (James) – 4:15

Personnel

• Colin James – vocals, guitars
• Lenny Kravitz – clavinet on "Saviour"
• Mavis Staples – vocals on "Freedom"
• Kim Wilson – harmonica
• Sarah Dash – supporting vocals
• Bobby King – supporting vocals
• Terry Evans – supporting vocals
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass
• Reese Wynans - piano, organ
• Mickey Curry - drums, percussion
• Rene Spooner - percussion
• "Sax" Gordon Beadle, Johnny Ferreira - tenor saxophone
• Doug James - baritone saxophone
• Bob Enos - trumpet
• Jimmie Jamieson - backing vocals

References

External links

• Bad Habits

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