This Is Where I Live is an album by William Bell released on June 3, 2016, in the US and July 8, 2016, elsewhere. It won Bell a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
All About Jazz
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
Mojo
Paste9.2/10
The Telegraph
Tom HullB
Uncut8/10

PopMatters gave the album 8 out of 10 stars, calling it "an imperative listen for anyone claiming to be a fan of rhythm and blues, both old and new."

Following his Grammy win, streaming of "Born Under A Bad Sign" (which Bell performed at the ceremony with Gary Clark Jr.) on Spotify increased by 4,950%, with overall streams increasing by 680%. Similarly, streaming of Bell's music on Pandora increased by 12,085%.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Three of Me"William Bell, John Leventhal, Marc Cohn3:24
2."The House Always Wins"Bell, Leventhal, Cory Chisel, Scott Bomar2:56
3."Poison in the Well"Bell, Leventhal, Cohn3:15
4."I Will Take Care of You"Bell, Leventhal2:52
5."Born Under a Bad Sign"Bell, Booker T. Jones3:17
6."All Your Stories"Jesse Winchester2:56
7."Walking on a Tightrope"Leventhal, Rosanne Cash2:52
8."This Is Where I Live"Bell, Leventhal3:14
9."More Rooms"Bell, Leventhal, Cohn4:19
10."All the Things You Can't Remember"Bell, Leventhal, Cohn3:00
11."Mississippi-Arkansas Bridge"Bell, Leventhal, Cohn3:47
12."People Want to Go Home"Bell, Leventhal2:58