Chuck Berry in Memphis es un álbum de Chuck Berry, publicado en 1967 por Fontana. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Back to Memphis», «I Do Really Love You», «Ramblin' Rose» y «Sweet Little Rock and Roller».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum Chuck Berry in Memphis, de 1967, es el resultado de su fichaje por Mercury Records y su intento de actualizar su sonido. Para este disco, Chuck Berry viaja a Memphis para grabar con músicos de sesión locales, buscando un sonido con más influencias del soul y el R&B de la época. La producción es notablemente más pulida que en sus trabajos para Chess, con la adición de secciones de vientos y arreglos más complejos.
Esta nueva dirección no siempre funciona a la perfección. Aunque la intención de modernizar su estilo es loable, a veces los arreglos de soul restan crudeza y energía a su rock and roll característico. Pese a ello, el álbum contiene momentos de gran calidad, y la voz y la guitarra de Chuck Berry siguen siendo inconfundibles.
'Chuck Berry in Memphis' es un trabajo de transición interesante pero irregular. Muestra a un artista que intenta no quedarse anclado en el pasado. Por otro, demuestra lo difícil que era mejorar la fórmula mágica y directa que él mismo había creado en los años 50. Es un experimento valioso pero que no alcanza la genialidad de sus obras cumbres.
Listado de Canciones
- Back to Memphis2:40
Letra
I've been struggling up here, child, trying to make a living Everybody wants to take, nobody like giving I wish I was in Memphis back home there with my Mama The only clothes I got left that ain't rags is my pajamas No brotherly love, no help, no danger Just a great big town full of cold hearted strangers I went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better But today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter Son, come back to Memphis and live here with your Mama You can walk down Beale Street, honey, wearing your pajamas You know home folks here, we let do just what you want to And I born you and raised you right here on the corner I'm going to leave here in the morning and walk down to the station I've got just enough money to pay my transportation I'm going back to Memphis, back home with my Mama If I have to ride that bus barefooted in pajamas Back home in Memphis, no moaning and groaning I know everything will be all right in the morning - I Do Really Love You2:28
Letra
It's you I'm in love with It's not what you are It's not how you treat me Or your fancy car But there's something about you I keep yearning for I, I do really love you Just thinking about you Gives me such a thrill Let alone to be with you or know that I will And know that I'll tremble When I should be still Um, um, I, I do really love you Give me what I live for Your sweet lips pressed to me And transform this yearning into ecstasy And send me, oh, send me - most humbly Um, um, I, I do really love you - Ramblin' Rose2:34
- Sweet Little Rock and Roller2:14
- My Heart Will Always Belong to You2:40
Letra
Now darling, you should know That I'm really, really in love with you Although you don't belong to me, darling My heart will always belong to you There are many, many things all around me That will always remind me of you I know I'll never forget you darling My heart will always belong to you Since you've been gone, darling Life for me has been so blue I guess I'll have to go it alone Because my heart will always belong to you Although, although I cannot see you I could never, never stop lovin' you I just hope and pray you'll come back to me, darling 'Cause my heart will always belong to you - Oh Baby Doll2:15
Letra
Oh baby doll! When bells ring out the summer free Oh baby doll Will it end for you and me? We'll sing our old Alma Mater And think of things that used to be I remember it so well Back when the weather was cool We used to have so much fun When we were walking to school If we stopped off to hear The latest songs they sing And we just make it in Before the bells would ring Oh baby doll! When bells ring out the summer free Oh baby doll Will it end for you and me? We'll sing our old Alma Mater And think of things that used to be When the teacher was gone That's when we'd have a ball We use to dance and play All up and down the hall We had a portable radio We was ballin' the jack We'd be all back in order When the teacher got back Oh baby doll! When bells ring out the summer free Oh baby doll Will it end for you and me? We'll sing our old Alma Mater And think of things that used to be - Check Me Out2:32
Letra
Come on up to me baby Make me shake and shout Come on up to me baby Make me move about Come on up to me baby Come and check me out I can't dance by Tchaikovsky Ain't no Bach No comprende Franz Schubert I'm going to stick to my stock Come on up to me baby Because I want to rock - It Hurts Me Too2:57
Letra
You said you was hurting, almost lost your mind, And the man you love, he hurts you all the time. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. You love him more when you should love him less. I pick up behind him and take his mess. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. He love another woman and I love you, But you love him and stick to him like glue. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. Now you better leave him; he better put you down. Oh, I won't stand to see you pushed around. When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me, too. - Bring Another Drink2:34
- So Long2:43
- Goodnight Well It's Time to Go2:20
- Flying Home2:24