Riding with the King

Infobox Album |
Name = Riding With The King
Type = Album
Artist = John Hiatt

Released = 1983
Recorded = The Pen, San Francisco Eden Studios, London
Genre = Rock
Length = 42:05
Label = Geffen Records
Producer = Ron Nagel, Scott Mathews, Nick Lowe
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o7djvwdva9tk link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnhiatt/albums/album/166791/review/6068095/riding_with_the_king link]
Last album = "All of a Sudden"
(1982)
This album = "Riding With the King"
(1983)
Next album = "Warming Up to the Ice Age"
(1985)

"Riding with the King" was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's sixth album, released in 1983. It was his second of three albums with Geffen Records. Ron Nagel and Scott Mathews (credited as "Scott Matthews") produced side one of the album at The Pen in San Francisco, with Mathews himself playing all instruments except lead guitar. The second side of the album was produced by Nick Lowe at Eden Studios in London with a group of crack pub rock musicians backing Hiatt. The album's title track would later be covered by B.B. King and Eric Clapton on their album of the same name.

Track listing

All songs written by John Hiatt, except as indicated

ide one

#"I Don't Even Try" – 3:25
#"Death by Misadventure" – 3:29 (Hiatt, John Hadley)
#"Girl on a String" – 3:11
#"Lovers Will" – 4:00
#"She Loves the Jerk" – 3:38
#"Say It with Flowers" – 3:06

ide two

#"Riding with the King" – 4:18
#"You May Already Be a Winner" – 3:35
#"Love Like Blood" – 3:55
#"The Love that Harms" – 2:49
#"Book Lovers" – 3:04 (I. Wood, Hiatt)
#"Falling Up" – 3:35

Personnel

John Hiatt - vocals, guitar
*Scott Mathews - Saxophone, slide guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, backing vocals (side one only)
*Nick Lowe - Bass guitar, backing vocals (side two only)
*Martin Belmont - Guitar (side two only)
*Paul Carrack - keyboards, backing vocals (side two only)
*Bobby Irwin - drums (side two only)