Midnight Believer

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Midnight Believer
Midnight Believer cover.jpg
Studio album by
B. B. King
Released1978
Genre Blues
Length33:19
Label ABC
Producer Stewart Levine
B. B. King chronology
King Size
(1977)		Midnight Believer
(1978)		 Take It Home
(1979)

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]

Contents

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Christgau's Record Guide B [6]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Mike Freedberg of 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] Raphael Callaghan of the Liverpool Echo found 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]

Bill Dahl of AllMusic noted, "Another collaboration that worked a lot better than one might have expected. King and the Crusaders blended in a marginally funky, contemporary style for the buoyant 'Never Make Your Move Too Soon' and an uplifting 'When It All Comes Down'." [5]

Track listing

All tracks by Will Jennings and Joe Sample, except where noted.

  1. "When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)" - 4:11
  2. "Midnight Believer" - 4:59
  3. "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" - 4:18
  4. "Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)" - 4:10
  5. "Never Make a Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Jennings) - 5:29
  6. "A World Full of Strangers" - 4:23
  7. "Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer" - 5:49

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Emerson, Bo (7 Jan 1996). "At 70, B.B. King still feels the thrill of playing blues". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. M3.
  2. ↑ "B.B. King: Midnight Believer (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. 1 2 3 B.B. King: Midnight Believer. ABC Records. 1978.
  4. ↑ "B.B. King: Never Make A Move Too Soon (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  5. 1 2 Dahl, Bill. "B.B. King: Midnight Believer". AllMusic .
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. 2006. p. 357.
  8. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 395, 396.
  9. ↑ Freedberg, Mike (11 May 1978). "Soul Dog". Bay State Banner. No. 31. p. 15.
  10. ↑ Callaghan, Raphael (30 Mar 2006). "What's Going". Liverpool Echo. p. 33.
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