title: Losing Game
text: # Losing Game
  
  Losing Game is an album by blues musician Lonnie Johnson, recorded in 1961 and released on the Bluesville label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl wrote that "this 1960 set is a typically gorgeous solo outing that ranges from torchy standards of the Tin Pan Alley species to bluesier pursuits of his own creation".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Lonnie Johnson except where noted
  
  * "New Orleans Blues" – 2:24
  * "My Little Kitten Susie" – 2:38
  * "Evil Woman" – 2:30
  * "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) – 2:29
  * "Moanin' Blues" – 3:59
  * "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 3:27
  * "Lines in My Face" – 2:50
  * "Losing Game" – 1:52
  * "New Year's Blues" – 2:17
  * "Slow and Easy" – 4:18
  * "Four Walls and Me" – 3:45
  * "You Won't Let Me Go" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:04
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Performance
  
  * Lonnie Johnson – guitar, piano, vocals
  
  ### Production
  
  * Esmond Edwards – supervision
  * Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  