Midnight Believer
Midnight Believer | ||||
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Studio album by B. B. King | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 33:19 | |||
Label | ABC Records | |||
Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
B. B. King chronology | ||||
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Midnight Believer is an album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1978 on ABC Records.[1] The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[2][3]
Overview
Midnight Believer was produced by Stewart Levine. Artists including Roland Bautista and the Crusaders appeared on the album.[3]
Singles
A song from the album called "Never Make A Move Too Soon" reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[4]
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B[6] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
The Bay State Banner wrote that "the music he relies on is updated, synthesized, stringed mood ring music that's so today it stings; but King finds a way to act cool, undoing thirty years of gospel blues."[9] In 2006, the Liverpool Echo said that, "backed by the jazz-funk of the Crusaders, [King] became an alchemist and turned the beautifully-crafted songs of Will Jennings into blues nuggets with the most heartfelt singing."[10]
Track listing
All tracks by Will Jennings and Joe Sample, except where noted.
- "When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)" - 4:11
- "Midnight Believer" - 4:59
- "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" - 4:18
- "Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)" - 4:10
- "Never Make a Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Jennings) - 5:29
- "A World Full of Strangers" - 4:23
- "Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer" - 5:49
Personnel
- B.B. King – guitar, vocals
- Robert Popwell – bass guitar
- Joe Sample – keyboards
- Stix Hooper – drums, percussion
- Roland Bautista – rhythm guitar
- James Gadson – drums
- Wilton Felder – bass guitar, tenor saxophone[3]
References
- ^ Emerson, Bo (7 Jan 1996). "At 70, B.B. King still feels the thrill of playing blues". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. M3.
- ^ "B.B. King: Midnight Believer (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ^ a b c B.B. King: Midnight Believer. ABC Records. 1978.
- ^ "B.B. King: Never Make A Move Too Soon (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ^ "B.B. King: Midnight Believer". AllMusic.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. 2006. p. 357.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 395, 396.
- ^ Freedberg, Mike (11 May 1978). "Soul Dog". Bay State Banner. No. 31. p. 15.
- ^ Callaghan, Raphael (30 Mar 2006). "What's Going". Liverpool Echo. p. 33.
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- 1960: My Kind of Blues
- 1968: Blues on Top of Blues
- Lucille
- 1969: Completely Well
- 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
- 1971: B.B. King in London
- 1972: L.A. Midnight
- Guess Who
- 1973: To Know You Is to Love You
- 1974: Friends
- 1975: Lucille Talks Back
- 1977: King Size
- 1978: Midnight Believer
- 1979: Take It Home
- 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
- 1982: Love Me Tender
- 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz
- 1985: Six Silver Strings
- 1988: King of the Blues: 1989
- 1991: There Is Always One More Time
- 1993: Blues Summit
- 1994: Heart to Heart
- 1997: Deuces Wild
- 1998: Blues on the Bayou
- 1999: Let the Good Times Roll
- 2000: Riding with the King
- Makin' Love Is Good for You
- 2003: Reflections
- 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80
- 2008: One Kind Favor
- 1965: Live at the Regal
- 1967: Blues Is King
- 1969: Live & Well
- 1971: Live in Cook County Jail
- 1974: Together for the First Time... Live
- 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live
- 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss
- 1990: Live at San Quentin
- 1991: Live at the Apollo
- 1999: Live in Japan
compilations
- 1957: Singin' the Blues
- 1958: The Blues
- 1968: His Best – The Electric B. B. King
- 1983: Why I Sing the Blues
- 1992: King of the Blues
- 1995: Lucille & Friends
- 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits
- 2005: The Ultimate Collection
- 2007: The Best of the Early Years
- 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King
- 1951: "3 O'Clock Blues"
- 1952: "Shake It Up and Go"
- 1952: "You Know I Love You
- 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues"
- 1956: "Sweet Little Angel"
- 1959: "Sugar Mama"
- 1961: "Someday Baby"
- 1962: "Goin' Down Slow"
- 1963: "Trouble in Mind"
- 1964: "How Blue Can You Get"
- "Rock Me Baby"
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love"
- 1965: "Blue Shadows"
- 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind"
- "Just Like a Woman"
- "Five Long Years"
- "Ain't Nobody's Business"
- 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone"
- "Worried Life"
- 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll"
- 1985: "Big Boss Man"
- 1988: "When Love Comes to Town"
- 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"
- 1961: "Driving Wheel
- 1974: "Black Night"
- 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me"
- 1985: "In the Midnight Hour"
- 1995: "You Shook Me"
- 1998: "Mean Ole' World"
- 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens"
- "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"
- "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"
- "Buzz Me"
- "Saturday Night Fish Fry"
- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
- "Early in the Mornin'"
- 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
- "Come Rain or Come Shine"
- "Since I Fell for You"
- 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad"
- "Early in the Morning"
- 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"
- "Sitting on Top of the World"
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