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I'm Ready
Studio album by Muddy Waters
Released	January 1978 (1978-01)
Recorded	Westport, Connecticut, October–November 1977
Genre	Blues
Length	56:18
Label	Blue Sky
Producer	Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters chronology
Hard Again (1977) I'm Ready (1978) Muddy "Mississippi" Waters - Live (1979)

I'm Ready is a studio album by the Chicago blues musician Muddy Waters. The second of his Johnny Winter-produced albums for the Blue Sky Records label, I'm Ready was issued one year after he found renewed commercial and critical success with Hard Again. The album earned Waters a Grammy Award in 1978. It was reissued in 2004 by the Epic/Legacy, with three additional songs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blender
Christgau's Record Guide	B
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Village Voice	B+

The Bay State Banner wrote that "the sharp distinctive tuning and chromatic slurs that mark his playing are still here, even though Waters now takes few slide guitar solos."

Track listing

All tracks are composed by Muddy Waters (listed as McKinley Morganfield), except where noted.

Personnel

• Muddy Waters – vocal, guitar
• Johnny Winter – guitar (tracks 1, 3–5, 7, 9), production
• Jimmy Rogers – guitar, vocals (track 11)
• Bob Margolin – guitar, bass
• Jerry Portnoy – harmonica (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9)
• Big Walter Horton – harmonica
• Pinetop Perkins – piano
• Willie "Big Eyes" Smith – drums

References

1. "Grammy Award Winners". The Recording Academy. 1978. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
2. Gordon, Keith A. "Review: I'm Ready". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
3. Christgau, Robert (2004). "Muddy Waters: 'Hard Again'; 'I'm Ready'; 'King Bee'". Blender (June/July). New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
5. Christgau, Robert (March 27, 1978). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 26, 2015 – via robertchristgau.com.
6. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
7. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 753, 755.
8. Wynn, Ron (6 July 1978). "Improvisation". Bay State Banner. No. 39. p. 15.

• Muddy Waters albums
• 1978 albums
• Albums produced by Johnny Winter
• Blue Sky Records albums