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Harlem Blues (Satan and Adam album)

Harlem Blues is the debut album by the American musical duo Satan and Adam, released in 1991. The liner notes penned by Adam relay the history of the pair. The duo supported the album with a European tour. Harlem Blues was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for "Traditional Blues Album of the Year".

Production
The album was produced by Rachel Faro. Most of the duo's original songs came together during live street performances, with Satan writing the majority of the lyrics. In addition to guitar, he played a drum kit that he assembled from various percussive instruments. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" is a version of the Duke Ellington song. ==Critical reception==
Critical reception
The Washington Post called Harlem Blues "one of the true sleepers (and keepers) of the year," writing that the duo "make intensely visceral, highly idiosyncratic music—a clangorous, juke-joint jumble of blues, funk, soul and jazz." The Los Angeles Times concluded that "the songs aren't much, but wild performances setting Adam's wailing harmonica against Satan's slashing guitar, runaway drums and searing vocals reminiscent of Captain Beefheart in his blues shouter mold sure are." The Philadelphia Inquirer praised the "grinning inventiveness ... that is fierce, funny and hard to find." The Philadelphia Daily News listed Harlem Blues as the ninth best album of 1991. AllMusic wrote that "Satan and Adam stick to a basic acoustic blues duo, but their rhythms and techniques occasionally stray into funkier, jazzier territory." ==Track listing==
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