The Earthshaker


The Earthshaker is a blues album by Koko Taylor, released as an LP on March 1, 1978 by Alligator Records. The album has since been released on CD by Alligator Records, and digitally on iTunes and Spotify.

Critical reception

Reviewing in , Robert Christgau wrote: "Considering its size, Taylor's voice has never been what you'd call rich—she flubs the pitch quite a bit, and on the slow ones she's often sounded flat emotionally as well. But it retains amazing presence—by now it's deepened and roughened so much that her late work for Chess sounds girlish by comparison. Two or three of the slow ones here really drag, always a crippling flaw in Chicago blues, but the uptempo stuff is exemplary—the songs are fun as songs, and the guitar on her latest remake of 'Wang Dang Doodle' is ace."

Track listing

Personnel