Blues of Desperation

Blues of Desperation is the twelfth studio album by American blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released on March 25, 2016 through J&R Records.

Blues of Desperation
Studio album by Joe Bonamassa
Released	March 25, 2016
Genre	Blues rock
Length	61:41^[1]
Label	J&R Records
Producer	Roy Weisman, Kevin Shirley
Joe Bonamassa chronology
Different Shades of Blue (2014) Blues of Desperation (2016) Black Coffee (2018)

Reception

Blues of Desperation has been given a Metacritic score of 73 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.^[2]

The album debuted at No. 12 on Billboard 200,^[3] No. 2 on Top Rock Albums,^[4] and No. 1 on the Blues Albums chart,^[5] selling 25,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 68,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Train"	Joe Bonamassa, James House	4:20
2.	"Mountain Climbing"	Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge	5:43
3.	"Drive"	Bonamassa, House	5:47
4.	"No Good Place for the Lonely"	Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson	8:38
5.	"Blues of Desperation"	Bonamassa, House	6:27
6.	"The Valley Runs Low"	Bonamassa, House	4:03
7.	"You Left Me Nothin' But the Bill and the Blues"	Bonamassa, House	4:10
8.	"Distant Lonesome Train"	Bonamassa, Hambridge	5:53
9.	"How Deep This River Runs"	Bonamassa, House	6:30
10.	"Livin' Easy"	Bonamassa, Jeffrey Steele, Jerry Flowers	4:37
11.	"What I've Known for a Very Long Time"	Bonamassa	5:33
Total length:			61:41

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[7] 17 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[8] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[9] 14 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[10] 16 Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[11] 17 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[12] 2 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[13] 15 French Albums (SNEP)^[14] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[15] 3 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[16] 13 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[17] 45 Italian Albums (FIMI)^[18] 17 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[19] 16 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[20] 9 Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[21] 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[22] 9 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[23] 1 UK Albums (OCC)^[24] 3 US Billboard 200^[25] 12 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[26] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[27] 129 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[28] 173 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[29] 90 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[30] 53

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)^[31]	Gold	10,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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