I'll Play the Blues for You

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I'll Play the Blues for You
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Studio album by
Albert King
Released1972
Recorded1972 in Memphis, Tennessee
Genre Soul blues, blues
Length39:44
Label Stax
Producer Allen Jones, Henry Bush
Albert King chronology
Lovejoy
(1971)		I'll Play the Blues for You
(1972)		 Blues at Sunset
(1973)
Singles from I'll Play the Blues for You
  1. "Breaking Up Somebody's Home"
    Released: October 1972
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I'll Play the Blues for You is the seventh studio album by American blues guitarist Albert King released in 1972. [1]

Contents

In 2017, the single version of the title track was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame. [3]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Play the Blues for You, Pts. 1-2" (Jerry Beach) – 7:20
  2. "Little Brother (Make a Way)" (Henry Bush, Marshall Jones, Carl Smith) – 2:49
  3. "Breaking up Somebody's Home" (Al Jackson Jr., Timothy Matthews) – 7:19
  4. "High Cost of Loving" (Sherwin Hamlett, Allen A. Jones) – 2:56
  5. "I'll Be Doggone" (Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin) – 5:41
  6. "Answer to the Laundromat Blues" (Albert King) – 4:37
  7. "Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Wanna Come Back Across)" (Allen A. Jones, Carl Wells) – 5:07
  8. "Angel of Mercy" (Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson) – 4:20 [1]

Bonus tracks 'Stax Remasters 2012' (previously unreleased)

  2. "I'll Play the Blues for You" (alternate version) – 8:44
  3. "Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Want To Come Back Across)" (alternate version) – 5:13
  4. "I Need a Love" – 4:29
  5. "Albert's Stomp" – 2:18

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "I'll Play the Blues for You [1972] - Albert Ki..." AllMusic . Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  2. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 349. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  3. ↑ "BLUES HALL OF FAME - ABOUT/Inductions - Blues Foundation". Blues.org. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
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