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KING OF THE BLUES was an attempt to contemporize B.B. King by smoothing off all the edges of his sound and using lots of synthesizers along with a number of well-known names to help accomplish this goal. Half of the songs were produced by noted '80s songwriter Jerry Williams who brought in plenty of drum machines and guests like Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Steve Cropper on songs such as "Can't Get Enough" and "Standing On The Edge." Williams even frees King up from Lucille down to focus his great vocals on "You've Become A Habit To Me" by handling all the programming and keyboards himself. The legendary Al Kooper drops in as a producer/multi-instrumentalist on "Let's Straighten It Out" and a radically rearranged version of "Drowning In The Sea Of Love." King does end up cutting loose, slicing through the slick production of "Lay Another Log On The Fire" by squeezing out some particularly tasty licks and adding some swing to the vocal chorus of "Business With My Baby Tonight."
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Jerry Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lynn Williams, ComposerLyricist - Courtney Branch, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - B.B. King, MainArtist - Tracy Kendrick, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Courtney Branch, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Al Kooper, Producer - Tracy Kendrick, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Jerry Williams, Producer - Stevie Nicks, Participant, MainArtist - Jerry Lynn Williams, ComposerLyricist - Courtney Branch, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - B.B. King, MainArtist - MICK FLEETWOOD, Participant, MainArtist - Tracy Kendrick, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Jerry Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Tom Scott, Participant - MICK FLEETWOOD, Participant
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Jerry Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lynn Williams, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Benny Latimore, ComposerLyricist - Courtney Branch, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - B.B. King, MainArtist - Al Kooper, Producer - Tracy Kendrick, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Courtney Branch, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - B.B. King, MainArtist - Trade Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tracy Kendrick, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Amato, ComposerLyricist - Joseph A Amato, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Jerry Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Lynn Williams, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - MICK FLEETWOOD, Participant
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Frederick Knight, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Courtney Branch, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - B.B. King, MainArtist - Harrison Calloway Jr., Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tracy Kendrick, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Courtney Branch, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - B.B. King, MainArtist - Trade Martin, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Rubin, ComposerLyricist - Tracy Kendrick, Producer, Additional Producer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Bettye Jean Crutcher, ComposerLyricist - Frederick Knight, Producer, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist
℗ 1988 Geffen Records
Album review
KING OF THE BLUES was an attempt to contemporize B.B. King by smoothing off all the edges of his sound and using lots of synthesizers along with a number of well-known names to help accomplish this goal. Half of the songs were produced by noted '80s songwriter Jerry Williams who brought in plenty of drum machines and guests like Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Steve Cropper on songs such as "Can't Get Enough" and "Standing On The Edge." Williams even frees King up from Lucille down to focus his great vocals on "You've Become A Habit To Me" by handling all the programming and keyboards himself. The legendary Al Kooper drops in as a producer/multi-instrumentalist on "Let's Straighten It Out" and a radically rearranged version of "Drowning In The Sea Of Love." King does end up cutting loose, slicing through the slick production of "Lay Another Log On The Fire" by squeezing out some particularly tasty licks and adding some swing to the vocal chorus of "Business With My Baby Tonight."
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:19
- Main artists: B.B. King
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 1988 MCA Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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