Bad to the Bone
Studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Released	August 9, 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Studio	Dimension Sound Studios, Boston
Genre	Blues rock boogie rock hard rock
Length	40:17
Label	EMI America
Producer	The Delaware Destroyers
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
More George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1980) Bad to the Bone (1982) Maverick (1985)
Singles from Bad to the Bone
"Nobody but Me" Released: July 1982 "Bad to the Bone" Released: September 17, 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B−[3]
The Music Box	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[4]

Bad to the Bone is the fifth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1982 by the label EMI America Records. The album contains the Destroyers best known song, "Bad to the Bone". The album also features Rolling Stones side-man Ian Stewart on keyboards. A special edition was released in 2007 to mark the 25th anniversary of its original release, featuring new re-recordings of some of the songs from the album.

Reception

AllMusic's Tim Sendra says the album is "Thorogood's finest work and established him as one of the unsung heroes of the age of AOR".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Back to Wentzville" (George Thorogood) – 3:30
2. "Blue Highway" (Nick Gravenites, David Getz) – 4:44
3. "Nobody but Me" (The Isley Brothers) – 3:28
4. "It's a Sin" (Jimmy Reed) – 3:32
5. "New Boogie Chillun" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:03
6. "Bad to the Bone" (Thorogood) – 4:52
7. "Miss Luann" (Thorogood) – 4:13
8. "As the Years Go Passing By" (Deadric Malone) – 5:03
9. "No Particular Place to Go" (Chuck Berry) – 4:00
10. "Wanted Man" (Bob Dylan) – 3:12

25th Anniversary edition bonus tracks

1. "That Philly Thing" (George Thorogood) – 2:25
2. "Blue Highway" (Nick Gravenites, David Getz) – 4:08
3. "New Boogie Chillun" (John Lee Hooker) – 7:10
4. "No Particular Place to Go" (Chuck Berry) – 4:26
5. "As the Years Go Passing By" (Deadric Malone) – 4:44
6. "Bad to the Bone" (Thorogood) – 7:05
7. "Wanted Man" (Bob Dylan) – 3:57

Track 11 was an instrumental B-side of "Nobody But Me", Tracks 12-17 are 2007 re-recordings.

Personnel

Musicians

• George Thorogood – vocals, guitar
• Billy Blough – bass guitar
• Jeff Simon – drums and percussion
• Hank Carter – saxophone

Additional musicians

• Ian Stewart – piano

Technical

• The Delaware Destroyers – producers
• John Nagy – assistant producer and engineer
• Ken Irwin – assistant producer
• Paul Mufson – engineer

Charts

References