Midnight Believer
| Midnight Believer | ||||
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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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
- Rik Pekkonen – recording and mixing engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering engineer[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.
