Gon' Boogaloo

Gon' Boogaloo
Studio album by
Released7 October 2014
StudioSound Recordings Studios
GenreBlues, rock and roll
LabelKing Hokum Records
ProducerC.W. Stoneking
C. W. Stoneking chronology
Jungle Blues
(2008)
Gon' Boogaloo
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeatStarStarStarStar[2]
SLUG MagazineFavorable[3]
All About JazzStarStarStarHalf star[4]
Record CollectorStarStarStarStar[5]
The IndependentPositive[6]

Gon' Boogaloo is the fifth album by Australian blues musician C. W. Stoneking. It was released in October 2014 and peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Charts.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, the album won Best Blues and Roots Album.[7]

At the AIR Awards of 2015, the album won Best Independent Blues and Roots Album.[8]

Track listing

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  1. "How Long" – 3:14
  2. "The Zombie" – 3:53
  3. "Get On the Floor" – 3:47
  4. "The Thing I Done" – 3:20
  5. "Tomorrow Gon' Be Too Late" – 3:06
  6. "Mama Got the Blues" – 3:24
  7. "Goin' Back South" – 3:31
  8. "The Jungle Swing" – 3:16
  9. "Good Luck Charm" – 2:45
  10. "I'm the Jungle Man" – 3:00
  11. "On a Desert Isle" – 4:42
  12. "We Gon' Boogaloo" – 3:27

Charts

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Chart performance for Gon' Boogaloo
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 85

References

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  1. ^ "Gon' Boogaloo by C.W. Stoneking Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  2. ^ "C.W. Stoneking: Gon' Boogaloo". DownBeat. June 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  3. ^ Orme, James (1 December 2016). "Review: C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo". SLUG Magazine. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  4. ^ Bettinello, Enrico (12 November 2014). "C.W. Stoneking: Gon' Boogaloo". All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  5. ^ McGuinness, Paul (10 August 2016). "Gon' Boogaloo – C.W. Stoneking". Record Collector. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  6. ^ Gill, Andy (30 June 2016). "Album reviews: Blood Orange – Freetown Sound; Metronomy – Summer 08; C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo; and more". The Independent. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Aria Awards 2015: list of winners". The Guardian. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  8. ^ "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Australiancharts.com – C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – C.W. Stoneking – Gon' Boogaloo" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 October 2022.