Artist: Boz Scaggs
Title: Silk Degrees
Release: 1976
Format: LP
Label: CBS Records
Catalog# 81193
“Silk Degrees” is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1976. The album peaked at #2 and spent 115 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA and remains Scaggs’ best selling album. The album was recorded at Davlen Sound Studios and Hollywood Sound Studios, Los Angeles. Among the accompanying musicians, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate would go on to become band members in Toto.
The laid-back singer hit the R&B charts in a big way with the addictive, sly “Lowdown” (which has been sampled by more than a few rappers and remains a favorite among baby-boomer soul fans) and expressed his love of smooth soul music almost as well on the appealing “What Can I Say.” But Scaggs was essentially a pop/rocker, and in that area he has a considerable amount of fun on “Lido Shuffle” (another major hit single), “What Do You Want the Girl to Do,” and “Jump Street.” Meanwhile, “We’re All Alone” (the latter was later a hit for Rita Coolidge.) and “Harbor Lights” became staples on adult contemporary radio. Though not remarkable, the ballads have more heart than most of the bland material dominating that format.
Side one1. What Can I Say (2:59)
2. Georgia (3:54)
3. Jump Street (5:10)
4. What Do You Want The Girl To Do (3:49)
5. Harbor Lights (5:55)
Side two1. Lowdown (5:15)
2. It’s Over (2:48)
3. Love Me Tomorrow (3:14)
4. Lido Shuffle (3:40)
5. We’re All Alone (4:10)
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