| The Scene of the Crime | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 25, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | FAME Studios (Muscle Shoals, Alabama) Water Music Recording Studio (Hoboken, New Jersey) Chase Park Transduction (Athens, Georgia) | |||
| Genre | Soul, R&B, blues, rock | |||
| Length | 41:22 | |||
| Label | Anti- | |||
| Producer | Bettye LaVette, David Barbe, Patterson Hood | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| BBC Music | (favorable)[2] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[3] |
| Blender |  [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Slant Magazine | [9] |
| The Village Voice | (favorable)[10] |
The Scene of the Crime is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Bettye LaVette, released in the United States on September 25, 2007 on the label ANTI-. It is a collaboration with Drive-By Truckers as backing band, Spooner Oldham on piano, and other studio musicians. The album debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ BBC Music review
- ^ Billboard review
- ^ Blender review[permanent dead link]
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ "CD: Bettye LaVette, The Scene of the Crime". The Guardian. 2007-09-21. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23.
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Slant Magazine review
- ^ The Village Voice review