Guess Who (B. B. King album)

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Guess Who
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Studio album by
B. B. King
Released1972
Genre Blues
Length43:45
Label ABC
Producer Joe Zagarino
B. B. King chronology
L.A. Midnight
(1972)		Guess Who
(1972)		 To Know You Is to Love You
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Guess Who is a studio album by B. B. King. It was released in 1972 by ABC Records. [1]

Contents

As often with King, several of the tracks are re-recordings of songs he had recorded before. "Any Other Way" had appeared with a different arrangement as the b-side of "Help the Poor" in 1964. [4] "Neighborhood Affair" originally dates back to 1953 and was the b-side of "Please Hurry Home". [5] He would re-record the song again in 2003 for the album Reflections . The title track "Guess Who" had appeared on his first ABC album, Mr. Blues, in 1963. [6] It went on to become a live staple, appearing on Now Appearing at Ole Miss , Live at the Apollo and Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011, among others. "You Shouldn't Have Left" was first recorded in 1959 and released on (The Soul of) B.B. King in 1963. [7] A 1965 recording of "Five Long Years" was first released by Kent on the album The Jungle. [8]

Track listing

  1. "Summer in the City" (John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone) - 3:21
  2. "Just Can't Please You" (Jimmy Robins) - 4:30 writer uncredited on original release
  3. "Any Other Way" (Clyde Otis) - 4:30
  4. "You Don't Know Nothin' About Love" (Jerry Ragovoy) - 4:17
  5. "Found What I Need" (Jerry Ragovoy, Jenny Dean) - 2:50
  6. "Neighborhood Affair" (Riley King, Jules Taub) - 3:15
  7. "It Takes a Young Girl" (Ron Rose & Dave Rouner) - 3:23
  8. "Better Lovin' Man" (Hoyt Axton) - 4:40
  9. "Guess Who" (Jesse Belvin, JoAnne Belvin) - 4:05
  10. "Shouldn't Have Left Me" (Riley King) - 4:00
  11. "Five Long Years" (Eddie Boyd) - 5:19

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 28, 2019.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 356. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ B. B. King - Help The Poor / I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way, 1964, retrieved 2023-08-21
  5. ↑ B. B. King And His Orchestra - Please Hurry Home / Neighborhood Affair, 1953, retrieved 2023-08-21
  6. ↑ B.B. King - Mr. Blues, 1963, retrieved 2023-08-21
  7. ↑ B.B. King - B.B. King, 1963, retrieved 2023-08-21
  8. ↑ B.B. King - The Jungle, 1967, retrieved 2023-08-21
  9. ↑ "Guess Who - B.B. King | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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