A Boot and a Shoe

A Boot and a Shoe
A Boot and a Shoe
Studio album by Sam Phillips
Released	April 2004
Studio	Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California; The Village, Hollywood, California; Stagg Street Studios, Van Nuys, California;
Genre	Pop, rock, folk
Length	35:02
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	T Bone Burnett
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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[3]
The Irish Times	^[4]
Los Angeles Times	^[1]
Mojo	^[5]
Paste	^[6]
Q	^[7]
Uncut	7/10^[8]

A Boot and a Shoe is the tenth studio album released by American singer and songwriter, Sam Phillips. The album was released in April 2004 and produced by T Bone Burnett.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sam Phillips.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"How to Quit"	2:27
2.	"All Night"	4:05
3.	"I Dreamed I Stopped Dreaming"	1:52
4.	"Open the World"	2:19
5.	"Red Silk Five"	2:30
6.	"Reflecting Light"	3:21
7.	"Infiltration"	2:16
8.	"Draw Man"	3:38
9.	"I Wanted to Be Alone"	2:16
10.	"Love Changes Everything"	3:10
11.	"If I Could Write"	2:20
12.	"Hole in My Pocket"	1:25
13.	"One Day Late"	3:13

Personnel

source:^[9]

Sam Phillips – vocals, guitar
Chris Bruce – guitar
Marc Ribot – guitar
Patrick Warren – piano, field organ, pump organ
T Bone Burnett – bass guitar
Mike Elizondo – bass guitar
David Piltch – bass guitar
Carla Azar – drums
Jay Bellerose – drums
Jim Keltner – drums
The Section Quartet
- Eric Gorfain – violin
- Daphne Chen – violin
- Leah Katz – viola
- Richard Dodd – cello

References

^ ^a ^b "A Boot And A Shoe". Metacritic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Deming, Mark. "A Boot and a Shoe - Sam Phillips". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
^ Phillips flirts with Depression-era stylings and pre-World War II cabaret to brilliantly convey a chaotic world of subdued rage. [7 May 2004, p.86]
^ Stevens, Sufjan (July 2, 2004). "SAM PHILLIPS - A Boot and a Shoe Nonesuch". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
^ The longer the album runs the more engaging the songs seem to become. [May 2004, p.104]
^ Whitman, Andy (January 15, 2005). "Sam Phillips - A Boot and a Shoe". Paste. Archived from the original on January 15, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Small, perfectly formed and wonderfully refreshing. [Jun 2004, p.105]
^ Understated and underestimated. [Nov 2004, p.113]
^ "A Boot and a Shoe". AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[Metacritic_entry-1] "A Boot And A Shoe". Metacritic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

[AllMusic_review-2] Deming, Mark. "A Boot and a Shoe - Sam Phillips". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

[3] Phillips flirts with Depression-era stylings and pre-World War II cabaret to brilliantly convey a chaotic world of subdued rage. [7 May 2004, p.86]

[4] Stevens, Sufjan (July 2, 2004). "SAM PHILLIPS - A Boot and a Shoe Nonesuch". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 27, 2025.

[5] The longer the album runs the more engaging the songs seem to become. [May 2004, p.104]

[6] Whitman, Andy (January 15, 2005). "Sam Phillips - A Boot and a Shoe". Paste. Archived from the original on January 15, 2005. Retrieved April 27, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] Small, perfectly formed and wonderfully refreshing. [Jun 2004, p.105]

[8] Understated and underestimated. [Nov 2004, p.113]

[AM_credits-9] "A Boot and a Shoe". AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

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