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This Beautiful Life

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This Beautiful Life
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1999
GenreSwing revival
Length52:00
LabelCoolsville/Interscope
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy chronology
Americana Deluxe
(1998)
This Beautiful Life
(1999)
Save My Soul
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[2]

This Beautiful Life is the third studio album by the swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.[3] It was released in 1999 on Coolsville/Interscope Records.[4]

Critical reception

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The Washington Post wrote that the album "borrows not only from swing but even more so from jump-blues and more recent roots-rock to provide a mongrelized, horn-fueled vehicle for Scotty Morris's songs."[5] The Los Angeles Times thought that "there is some predictable, Krupa-esque drumming, and little attempt to push the genre in any new directions."[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Scotty Morris, except where noted

This Beautiful Life track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Big and Bad"4:15
2."I Wanna Be Like You" (Robert and Richard Sherman)3:40
3."Who's That Creepin'"4:43
4."When It Comes to Love"4:44
5."I'm Not Sleepin'"4:16
6."Some Things"4:39
7."What's Next"3:40
8."Big Time Operator"4:00
9."Still in Love With You"4:30
10."2000 Volts"6:01
11."Sleep Tight"4:31
12."Ol' MacDonald"3:00
Total length:52:00

Personnel

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Technical

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Charts

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Chart performance for This Beautiful Life
Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 93

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. This Beautiful Life at AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Appleford, Steve (23 Oct 1999). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Buzz building again for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy". Deseret News. December 11, 1999.
  5. ^ "BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY 'This Beautiful Life' Coolsville/Interscope". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2021.