Concerto in "B Goode"

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Concerto in "B Goode"
Chuck Berry - Concerto In B. Goode.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1969 [1]
Genre Rock and roll
Length34:33
Label Mercury
Producer Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry chronology
From St. Louie to Frisco
(1968)
Concerto in "B Goode"
(1969)
Back Home
(1970)
Singles from Concerto in "B Goode
  1. "It's Too Dark in There"
    Released: November 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone (favorable) [3]

Concerto in "B Goode" is the thirteenth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1969 by Mercury Records. The title song is an extended instrumental interpolation of a wide range of themes pioneered in Berry's classic 1957-62 period, running approximately 18 minutes and taking up the entire second side of the record; this is Berry embracing the emerging preference in the rock genre for extended numbers. The title refers to Berry's semi-autobiographical song "Johnny B. Goode."

Contents

In his Rolling Stone review, Lester Bangs hailed this as a real return to form: "The Master is back again, and this time he has come up with a record worthy of his reputation." [3]

This was the last album from Berry's brief association with Mercury. The next year, he moved back to Chess Records, for which his earlier recordings had been made.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chuck Berry

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Good Looking Woman"2:16
2."My Woman"4:50
3."It's Too Dark In There"3:50
4."Put Her Down"4:57
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Concerto in B. Goode"18:40
Total length:34:33

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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References

  1. Pegg, Bruce (2013). Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry. Routledge. p. 187.
  2. "AllMusic Review - Concerto in "B Goode" . Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Bangs, Lester (9 August 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone . San Francisco (39): 37. Retrieved 1 October 2015.