A Good Day for the Blues

A Good Day for the Blues is an album by the American musician Ruth Brown, released in 1999 via Bullseye Blues. After recovering from health ailments, Brown supported the album with several concert dates. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Album". A Good Day for the Blues was Brown's final studio album.

Production
Produced by Scott Billington, the album was recorded at Ultransonic Studios, in New Orleans. "I Believe I Can Fly" is a cover of the R. Kelly song. Brown learned to perform "Cabbage Head" during her childhood. Dan Penn wrote "Be Good to Me Tonight" and "Can't Stand a Broke Man". "True" is a cover of the Paul Gayten song. Duke Robillard played guitar on A Good Day for the Blues. Wardell Quezergue worked on some of the song arrangements. A couple of the songs contain spoken word passages by Brown.

Critical reception
The Sunday Age wrote that "Good Day represents the best, horn-driven, vintage R&B put out today." The Atlanta Constitution noted that, "with Brown's experience, she's able to seamlessly explore the tricky territory between blues and jazz with ease." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette deemed the album "a tribute to her vocal skills—if anything, better with age, a voice full of whiskey and wry." The Chicago Tribune determined that it leans "more on sassy, rambling story-songs like 'H.B.'s Funky Fable' than her classic belting style."