Editing Sudden Stop

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Sudden Stop
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Colin James]]
| cover      = Colin James Sudden Stop.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 15, 1990
| recorded   = 1990
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Blues rock]]
| length     = 43:05
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer   = Joe Hardy
| prev_title = [[Colin James (album)|Colin James]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Colin James and the Little Big Band]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sudden-stop-mw0000689896|title=Sudden Stop - Colin James &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Sudden Stop''''' is the second studio album by [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[blues]] musician [[Colin James]] released in 1990 on [[Virgin Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sudden-stop-mw0000689896/releases|title=Sudden Stop - Colin James &#124; Releases |access-date=May 25, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The album was recorded in [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]] and [[Memphis, Tennessee]].<ref name="AMG"/>

The album features guest appearances by [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[The Memphis Horns]] and [[Bobby Whitlock]]. "Just Came Back" went up to number 3 on North American rock stations.

''Sudden Stop'' earned James two [[Juno Award]]s in [[Juno Awards of 1991|1991]] in the Single of the Year ("[[Just Came Back]]") and Male Vocalist of the Year categories.

==Commercial performance==
''Sudden Stop'' peaked at number 9 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.1284&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Top Albums/CDs - Volume 52, No. 12, August 04 1990|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref> and was certified Platinum in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Sudden%20Stop&ica=False&sa=Colin%20James&sl=&smt=0&sat=PLATINUM%20ALBUM(S)&ssb=Artist|title=Gold Platinum Database: Colin James - Sudden Stop|publisher=[[Music Canada]]|access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref> It was the fourth-best selling [[Canadian content|Cancon]] album in Canada of 1990.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9169&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9169.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9169|title=Top 50 Cancon Albums of 1990|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=May 25, 2021}}</ref> By May 1998, the album had sold 194,430 units in Canada.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Colin+James+Bad+Habits+Billboard&pg=PA61 | title=No Blues For James With Canadian Sales | date=23 May 1998 | publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| access-date=June 6, 2014}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "[[Just Came Back]]" (Colin James, Daryl Burgess) – 4:56
# "Keep On Loving Me Baby" ([[Otis Rush]]) – 3:40
# "Show Me" ([[Jerry Lynn Williams]]) – 3:24
# "Give It Up" (Williams) – 4:03
# "Crazy Over You" (Williams) – 5:11
# "T for Trouble" (James, [[Bill Carter (musician)|Bill Carter]], Ruth Ellsworth) – 4:20
# "Cross My Heart (James, Carter, Ellsworth) – 3:18
# "Just One Love" (Williams, James) – 3:33
# "If You Lean on Me" ([[Lotti Golden]], [[Tommy Faragher]]) – 4:48
# "Sudden Stop" ([[Bobby Russell]]) – 5:52<ref name="AMG"/>

==Credits==

=== Musicians ===

* [[Colin James]] – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
* Dennis Marcenko – bass
* Darrell Mayes – drums, percussion
* Rene Spooner – percussion
* Rick Hopkins – [[Hammond organ]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]]
* [[Bobby Whitlock]] – piano
* [[Bonnie Raitt]] – guest artist, backing vocals
* John Ferreira – [[tenor saxophone]], [[baritone saxophone]]
* Phyllis Duncan, Susanne Jerome Taylor, William Brown – [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[The Memphis Horns]] ([[Andrew Love (musician)|Andrew Love]], [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]])

=== Technical ===
* Joe Hardy – [[Record producer|producer]], [[Audio engineer|engineer]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* [[Greg Fulginiti]] – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sudden-stop-mw0000689896/credits|title=Sudden Stop - Colin James &#124; Credits|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Sudden Stop''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Colin James|title=Sudden Stop|award=Platinum|number=1|type=album|relyear=1990|certyear=1990|access-date=September 7, 2024}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711222652/http://www.colinjames.com/discography/sudden-stop/ Sudden Stop]

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