Down Two Then Left

Down Two Then Left
Down Two Then Left
Studio album by Boz Scaggs
Released	November 1977
Studio	Hollywood Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	Pop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Length	43:02
Label	Columbia
Producer	Joe Wissert
Boz Scaggs chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]
Variety	(favourable)^[4]

Down Two Then Left is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.^[5] This album is notable for featuring the first studio work done by Steve Lukather.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Still Falling for You"	Boz Scaggs	3:54
2.	"Hard Times"	Scaggs	4:30
3.	"A Clue"	Scaggs	3:58
4.	"Whatcha Gonna Tell Your Man"	Scaggs, Jai Winding	3:54
5.	"We're Waiting"	Scaggs, Michael Omartian	6:24
6.	"Hollywood"	Boz Scaggs, Michael Omartian	3:10
7.	"Then She Walked Away"	Scaggs, Omartian	4:06
8.	"Gimme the Goods"	Scaggs, Omartian	4:15
9.	"1993"	Scaggs, Omartian	4:05
10.	"Tomorrow Never Came"	Scaggs, Michael Omartian	4:41
Total length:			43:02

Singles released from the album were "Hard Times"/"We're Waiting" and "Hollywood"/"A Clue". Some copies of the "Hard Times" single bear a credit for this album under the title Still Falling for You.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1977–78)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[6]	4
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	19
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[8]	19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[9]	2
UK Albums (OCC)^[10]	55
US Billboard 200^[11]	11

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1978)	Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[12]	13
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[13]	100
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[14]	15

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[15]	2× Platinum	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel[edit]

Boz Scaggs – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 5), guitar solo (2, 4)
Michael Omartian – keyboards, synthesizers, accordion (1), marimba (1), horn arrangements, string arrangements, conductor
Jai Winding – acoustic piano (4)
Ray Parker Jr. – guitars
Steve Lukather – guitar solo (3, 8)
Jay Graydon – guitars, guitar solo (7)
David Hungate – bass (1)
Scott Edwards – bass (2-10)
Jeff Porcaro – drums, Syndrum, timbales (8)
Bobbye Hall – bongos (1), congas (8)
Victor Feldman – claves (2), vibraphone (6)
Alan Estes – congas (4)
Don Menza – saxophones
Fred Selden – saxophones, flute
Ernie Watts – saxophones
Dana Hughes – trombone
Chuck Findley – trumpet, flugelhorn solo (5)
Steve Madaio – trumpet
Barbara Korn – French horn
David Duke – French horn
Sidney Sharp – concertmaster
Carolyn Willis – backing vocals (1, 5-7), voices (verses, 4)
Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (2)
John Lehman – backing vocals (2, 3)
Zedric Turnbough – backing vocals (2)
Venetta Fields – backing vocals (3)
Roy Galloway – backing vocals (3)
Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (3, 7)
Terry Evans – backing vocals (4)
Bobby King – backing vocals (4)
Eldridge King – backing vocals (4)
Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (6)
Myrna Matthews – backing vocals (6, 7)
Stan Farber – backing vocals (9)
Jim Haas – backing vocals (9)

Production[edit]

Producer – Joe Wissert
Engineer – Tom Perry
Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, California).
Design – Nancy Donald
Photography – Guy Bourdin (features the then-shuttered Romanoff's restaurant)^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

References[edit]

^ Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-026-6. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.
^ "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 298, no. 4. 30 November 1977. p. 58. ProQuest 1401321975.
^ "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5465a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Charts.nz – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Boz Scaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
^ "Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Cash Box Newspaper". Cash Box. March 25, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ "Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 October 2010.
^ Egan, Bob. "DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia)". PopSpotsNYC. Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2021. . . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com
^ Turnbull, Martin (November 17, 2012). "Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ Turnbull, Martin. "Spotlight on…Romanoff's". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "romanoffs-beverly-hills". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "legendary bevelry hills restaurant romanoffs". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Sessiondays. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

External links[edit]

Down Two Then Left lyrics
Down Two Then Left magazine ad

[AMG-1] Matt Collar. "Down Two Then Left". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-026-6. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.

[4] "Music Records: EW&F, Midler, Boz, Wakeman, Crosby-Nash, Allman-Cher, Van, Rawls, Genesis Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 298, no. 4. 30 November 1977. p. 58. ProQuest 1401321975.

[5] "Down Two Then Left : Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.

[aus-6] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.

[group=-7] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5465a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[ac_Netherlands_Boz_Scaggs-8] "Dutchcharts.nl – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[ac_New_Zealand_Boz_Scaggs-9] "Charts.nz – Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[ac_UK2_-10] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[ac_Billboard200_Boz_Scaggs-11] "Boz Scaggs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[12] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.

[13] "Top 100 Albums of '78". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

[14] "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[15] "Cash Box Newspaper". Cash Box. March 25, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved November 13, 2021 – via World Radio History.

[16] "Hollywood Haunts: Then and Now: Romanoff's: Then". The Hollywood Reporter. 15 October 2010.

[17] Egan, Bob. "DOWN TWO, THEN LEFT by BOZ SCAGGS (1977, Columbia)". PopSpotsNYC. Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2021. . . . Album cover photo by Guy Bourdin; Location: The former Romanoff's Restaurant located at 140 South Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. At the time of the photoshoot, 1977, the space seems to have become a jazz club called Jazz Suite....The cover depicts Boz walking away from 3 life -sized ice sculptures that resemble Boz in the suit he is wearing. ...the Romanoff building's architect, Douglas Hannold, on skyscraperpage.com

[18] Turnbull, Martin (November 17, 2012). "Romanoff's restaurant, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[19] Turnbull, Martin. "Spotlight on…Romanoff's". MartinTurnbull.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[20] "romanoffs-beverly-hills". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[21] "legendary bevelry hills restaurant romanoffs". johnrieber. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[22] "1977 Boz Scaggs – Down Two Then Left". Sessiondays. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

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v t e Boz Scaggs
Studio albums	Boz (1965) Boz Scaggs (1969) Moments (1971) Boz Scaggs & Band (1971) My Time (1972) Slow Dancer (1974) Silk Degrees (1976) Down Two Then Left (1977) Middle Man (1980) Other Roads (1988) Some Change (1994) Fade into Light (1996) Come On Home (1997) Dig (2001) But Beautiful (2003) Memphis (2013) A Fool to Care (2015) Out of the Blues (2018)
Live albums	Greatest Hits Live (2004)
Compilations	Hits! (1980) My Time: A Boz Scaggs Anthology (1997) The Essential Boz Scaggs (2013)
Singles	"Lowdown" "Lido Shuffle" "Breakdown Dead Ahead" "Jojo" "Look What You've Done to Me" "Miss Sun"
See also	Steve Miller Band The Dukes of September