This Beautiful Life is the third studio album by the swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. It was released in 1999 on Coolsville/Interscope Records.
Critical reception The Washington Post wrote that the album "borrows not only from swing but even more so from jump-blues and more recent roots-rock to provide a mongrelized, horn-fueled vehicle for Scotty Morris's songs." The Los Angeles Times thought that "there is some predictable, Krupa-esque drumming, and little attempt to push the genre in any new directions."
Track listing
Personnel Scotty Morris - vocals, guitar Karl Hunter - clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Andy Rowley - baritone saxophone, background vocals Glen "The Kid" Marhevka - trumpet, cornet Joshua Levy - piano Dirk Shumaker - acoustic bass, background vocals Kurt Sodergren - drums
Technical Michael Frondelli - coproducer, engineer, mixing Brad Benedict - coproducer, engineer, mixing Tom Peterson - horn arranger
Charts + Chart performance for This Beautiful LifeChart (1999)Peakposition
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