There Is Always One More Time

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There Is Always One More Time
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Studio album by
Released1991
StudioConway Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Blues
Length46:03
Label MCA [1]
Producer Stewart Levine
B.B. King chronology
Live at the Apollo
(1991)
There Is Always One More Time
(1991)
Blues Summit
(1993)

There Is Always One More Time is an album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1991. [2] [3] It is dedicated to Doc Pomus, who cowrote the title song. [4] The first single was "Back in L.A." [5]

Contents

King wrote in the liner notes that There Is Always One More Time was his best album. [6]

Production

The album was produced by Stewart Levine. [7] Freddie Washington played bass; Jim Keltner played drums. [8] [9] Joe Sample wrote most of the songs. [10] The title track contains a four-minute guitar solo. [11] King chose to incorporate gospel elements in many of the songs. [12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Calgary Herald B+ [14]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [15]
The San Diego Union-Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]
Windsor Star B+ [4]

The New York Times wrote that "until the gospelly title song, both Mr. King's voice and guitar are obscured by horns, keyboards, backup vocals and booming drums; the album needs a remix to eliminate clutter and sweetening." [16] The Calgary Herald stated that King "comes back with a bluesy sashay that's contemporary and comfortable." [14]

The Toronto Star deemed the album "nice, laid-back blues." [17] Ebony concluded that "the gritty 'Mean and Evil' reflects his Mississippi upbringing, while the moving, melancholy title song is sure to be a blues classic." [18] The Chicago Tribune called "The Lowdown" "a classic after-hours blues, tailor-made for King's impassioned vocals." [7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Sample and Will Jennings; except where indicated

  1. "I'm Moving On" — 4:15
  2. "Back in L.A." — 5:00
  3. "The Blues Come over Me" — 5:13
  4. "Fool Me Once" — 4:18
  5. "The Lowdown" — 4:11
  6. "Mean and Evil" (Arthur Adams) — 4:20
  7. "Something up My Sleeve" (Arthur Adams) — 4:27
  8. "Roll, Roll, Roll" — 5:57
  9. "There Is Always One More Time" (Doc Pomus, Ken Hirsch) — 8:26

Personnel

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