Nothing but the Truth (Son Seals album)


Nothing but the Truth is the sixth studio album by Son Seals, produced by Seals and Bruce Iglauer and released by Alligator Records in 1994. Seals wrote only four songs: "Life Is Hard", "I'm Gonna Take It All Back", "Frank and Johnnie", and "Little Sally Walker". The rest of the album consists of cover songs, including Hound Dog Taylor's "Sadie". John Randolph played rhythm guitar; Red Groetzinger and Dan Rabinovitz, horns; Noel Neal and Johnny B. Gayden, bass; David Russell, drums.
Bill Dahl, writing for AllMusic, rated the album four out of five stars but called its front cover "grotesque an abomination." Rolling Stone rated it four and half stars out of five.

Track listing

  1. "Adding Up" – 5:07
  2. "I Can't Lose The Blues" – 3:58
  3. "Good Woman Bad" – 4:38
  4. "Before the Bullets Fly" – 4:19
  5. "I'm Gonna Take It All Back" – 6:05
  6. "Life Is Hard" – 4:12
  7. "Tough As Nails" – 3:09
  8. "Your Friends" – 6:13
  9. "Sadie" – 6:07
  10. "Frank And Johnnie" – 4:26
  11. "I Can't Hear Nothing But The Blues" – 6:35
  12. "Little Sally Walker" - 4:34
  13. "Tricks Of The Trade" - 4:41