Haircut is an album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released in 1993.[2][3] The first single was "Get a Haircut".[4] The album peaked at No. 120 on the Billboard 200.[5] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[6]

Haircut
Studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Released	1993
Studio	Sounds Unreel Studios, Memphis, TN Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Genre	Blues rock Boogie rock
Length	42:49
Label	EMI America[1]
Producer	Terry Manning, The Delaware Destroyers
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
Boogie People (1991) Haircut (1993) Live: Let's Work Together (1995)
Singles from Haircut
"Get a Haircut" Released: 1993 "Howlin' for My Baby" Released: 1993

Production

The album was produced by Terry Manning and the Delaware Destroyers.[7] "Want Ad Blues" is a cover of the John Lee Hooker song.[8] "Gone Dead Train" was written by Jack Nitzsche.[9] Thorogood wrote ""Baby Don't Go".[10] The album cover art is by Peter Bagge.[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
Calgary Herald	B[13]
The Indianapolis Star	[14]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[15]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[9]
Windsor Star	B+[16]

The Windsor Star wrote that "the guitar-slinging motor mouth offers another round of stinging and rocking blues, featuring that consistently fat sound with which his band has made its trademark style."[16] The Calgary Herald deemed Haircut "boogie blues and rock 'n' roll ... And, yep, he hasn`t changed a thing."[13] The Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph opined that "since shtick is exactly what Thorogood's become reduced to, the only phrase that comes to mind listening to this is, 'get a real job'."[17]

The Canadian Press called it "another slice of devil-may-care, comically anti-authoritarian riff rock."[18] The Boston Globe concluded that "Thorogood doesn't gain any dramatic ground, but his loyalty to his favorite idioms remains genuine."[10] The Indianapolis Star praised the "stark, deliberative" "Killer's Bluze".[14]

Track listing

1. "Get a Haircut" (David Avery, Bill Birch) – 4:12
2. "Howlin' for My Baby" (Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf) – 5:14
3. "Killer's Bluze" (Dex Rogers) – 6:10
4. "Down in the Bottom" (Dixon) – 4:03
5. "I'm Ready" (Dixon) – 3:36
6. "Cops and Robbers" (Bo Diddley) – 4:50
7. "Gone Dead Train" (Jack Nitzsche, Russ Titelman) – 4:07
8. "Want Ad Blues" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:06
9. "My Friend Robert" (Patrick Sky) – 2:30
10. "Baby Don't Go" (George Thorogood) – 3:24

Personnel

The following personnel are credited on the album:

Musicians

• George Thorogood – guitar, vocals
• Billy Blough – bass guitar
• Hank Carter – keyboards, saxophone, background vocals
• Jeff Simon – drums

Technical

• Delaware Destroyers – producer
• Terry Manning – producer, engineer, mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Henry Marquez – art direction
• Peter Bagge – cover art

Charts

References