Roll On (J. J. Cale album)

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Roll On
JJ Cale Roll On cover.jpg
Studio album by
J. J. Cale
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2009
Recorded2003–2009
StudioBritannia Studio, Natura Digital Studio, Beggs, Oklahoma
Genre
Length41:04
Label Rounder
Producer Mike Kappus
J. J. Cale chronology
Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings
(2007)		Roll On
(2009)		 Live in San Diego
(Eric Clapton album)
(2016)
J. J. Cale studio albums chronology
The Road to Escondido (with Eric Clapton)
(2006)		Roll On
(2009)		 Stay Around
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B [2]

Roll On is the 14th studio album by J. J. Cale (and the final one to be released in his lifetime), released on February 24, 2009, by Rounder Records. [3] All songs were written by Cale; they include "Who Knew", "Former Me", and "Roll On", the last of which is a collaboration with Eric Clapton. Some tracks were recorded at sessions at David Teegarden's studio, north of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2003.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Who Knew" 3:30
  2. "Former Me" 2:48
  3. "Where the Sun Don't Shine" 3:07
  4. "Down to Memphis" 3:05
  5. "Strange Days" 3:10
  6. "Cherry Street" 3:43
  7. "Fonda-Lina" 3:20
  8. "Leaving in the Morning" 2:37
  9. "Oh Mary" 3:34
  10. "Old Friend" 3:55
  11. "Roll On" (feat. Eric Clapton) 4:43
  12. "Bring Down the Curtain" 2:51
  13. "The Taker" (digital-only bonus track)
  14. "Top Of The Hill" (digital-only bonus track)
  15. "Worrying Off Your Mind" (digital-only bonus track)

The 3 digital-only bonus tracks are written by J.J. Cale. [4]

"Worrying Off Your Mind" was later released physically (on Because Music label) on April 13, 2019 (at the occasion of Record Store Day) on vinyl format as the b-side of the posthumous J.J. Cale 7" single "Stay Around", the second single to be released from the album Stay Around . [5]

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 62
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 31
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [9] 23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 11
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 23
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 32
Italian Albums (FIMI) [13] 85
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 29
Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 95
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 21
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 53
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 90
UK Physical Albums (OCC) [19] 89
US Billboard 200 [20] 113
US Top Internet Albums (Billboard) [20] 113

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