Take It Home (B. B. King album)

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Take It Home
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Studio album by
B. B. King
Released1979
RecordedDecember 1978–January 1979
Genre Blues
Length34:46
Label MCA
Producer Stix Hooper, Joe Sample, Stewart Levine, Wilton Felder
B. B. King chronology
Midnight Believer
(1978)		Take It Home
(1979)		 Now Appearing at Ole Miss
(1980)

Take It Home is a studio album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1979. [1] As with his previous album, Midnight Believer , members of the fusion band the Crusaders participated in the recording sessions. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [4]
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

In the United States, the album reached number 112 on the Billboard 200 and peaked at number 22 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart. [8] The track "Better Not Look Down" reached number 30 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart. [9]

The Bay State Banner noted that "the voice remains striking and the stinging fills when they come are impressive, but they cannot make routine arrangements and lyrics memorable." [10]

Cub Koda of AllMusic commented that "the backing is grandiose and in line with contemporary trends, including a seven-piece horn section and a female chorus, but at the same time, B.B.'s piercing guitar and deep, rough vocals can still be fully appreciated" and described it as "one of B.B.'s more pop-oriented works." [3] Robert Christgau noted that "while the songwriting by members of the Crusaders does not reach the heights of their 1978 collaboration, it yields a positive result in that it does not encroach upon each other's musical identity." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Better Not Look Down" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 3:22
  2. "Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" (Jennings, Sample) – 4:32
  3. "Happy Birthday Blues" (Jennings, Sample) – 3:15
  4. "I've Always Been Lonely" (Jennings, Sample) – 5:28
  5. "Second Hand Woman" (Jennings, Sample) – 3:20
  6. "Tonight I'm Gonna Make You a Star" (Jennings, King) – 3:26
  7. "The Beginning of the End" (Jennings, King) – 2:21
  8. "A Story Everybody Knows" (Stix Hooper, Jennings) – 2:47
  9. "Take It Home" (Wilton Felder, Jennings) – 3:07

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "B.B. King : Album : Take It Home". Archived from the original on February 15, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
  2. ↑ Elias, Jason (October 17, 2023). "The Crusaders: A Retrospective". All About Jazz . Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Take It Home - B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 211.
  6. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 357. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
  7. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 395.
  8. ↑ "B.B. King - Chart History - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ "B.B. King - Chart History - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  10. ↑ Lane, George (August 23, 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 46. p. 20.


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