| Come One, Come All | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Jump blues | |||
| Label | R-Jay [1] | |||
| Producer | Mighty Blue Kings | |||
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Come One, Come All is the second album by the American band Mighty Blue Kings, released in 1997. [2] [3]
The album peaked at No. 10 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart. [4] The band supported the album by touring with the Reverend Horton Heat and Face to Face. [5] [6]
The album was produced by the band. [7] It includes covers of songs by Louis Jordan, Joe Liggins, and Percy Mayfield, among others. [8] [9] Six of the 12 tracks are originals by the band. [10] Mighty Blue Kings dropped two members prior to the recording sessions for the album. [11]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [13] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [7] |
| The Plain Dealer | A [14] |
The Washington Post wrote that "the blues ballads suffer by comparison—seasoning counts for something, after all—but even the album's weakest tracks attest to the band's obvious devotion and good taste." [8] The A.V. Club noted that the album "sticks to a relatively rigid Chicago-blues template." [15] The Orange County Register deemed the album more polished than the debut, and concluded that "rockabilly is as revered as rabble-rousing swing, but barrel-throated vocalist Ross Bon finely fuses the two with a little crooning here, a lot of hollering there." [16]
The Chicago Tribune thought that "lead vocalist Ross Bon has developed into a self-assured recording artist, his warm baritone, sleek phrasing and distinctive lyric reading giving the band—and this recording—its focus and identity." [17] The Indianapolis Star determined that Come One, Come All "swings and sways and rocks with a sound that's both true to its World War II-era roots and the need to be contemporary." [13] The Plain Dealer praised the "original vision of jazzy, dance-oriented rhythm and blues and jump." [14]
AllMusic wrote that the album "still sounds a little stiff compared to classic jump blues, but it's still an entertaining record." [12]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Can't Stop It" | |
| 2. | "Baby You Rich" | |
| 3. | "Go Tell the Preacher" | |
| 4. | "Little Too Late" | |
| 5. | "Put Your Hand in Mine" | |
| 6. | "Looking for My Baby" | |
| 7. | "What's a Man to Do" | |
| 8. | "Don't Let Go" | |
| 9. | "Got the Sun Shinin' on Me" | |
| 10. | "Long Distance Lover" | |
| 11. | "No Blow, No Show" | |
| 12. | "Green Grass Grows All Around" |
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