The Back Door Wolf

The Back Door Wolf is the final studio album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1973.

Reception
In a retrospective AllMusic review, critic Cub Koda wrote: "This, Wolf's last hurrah, is his final studio album. Cut with his regular working band, the Wolf Gang, everything here works well ... Not the place to start a Wolf collection by any means, but a great place to end up".

Track listing
All compositions credited to Chester Burnett except where noted Additional track on CD reissue
 * 1) "Moving" – 2:44
 * 2) "Coon on the Moon" (Eddie Shaw) – 3:44
 * 3) "Speak Now Woman" (James Oden) – 4:50
 * 4) "Trying to Forget You" (Shaw) – 3:33
 * 5) "Stop Using Me" – 2:52
 * 6) "Leave Here Walking" (Shaw) – 2:30
 * 7) "The Back Door Wolf" (Shaw, Ralph Bass) – 4:02
 * 8) "You Turn Slick on Me" (Emery Williams Jr.) – 4:50
 * 9) "The Watergate Blues" (Shaw) – 3:10
 * 10) "Can't Stay Here" (Andrew McMahon) – 2:31
 * 1) "Speak Now Woman" [Alternate take] (Oden) – 4:20

Personnel

 * Howlin' Wolf – vocals, harmonica
 * Eddie Shaw – tenor saxophone (track 7)
 * Detroit Junior – piano, harpsichord
 * Hubert Sumlin, Willie Williams – guitar
 * Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, James Green – bass
 * S. P. Leary – drums