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For a recording fervently hyped as a special occasion -- B.B. King's 50th album and all that -- this one is surprisingly patchy in concept and erratic in execution. Five of the tracks are Miami sessions prosaically produced by longtime King cohort Dave Crawford, who also co-wrote most of them with Luther Dixon. The routine pop/rock backing tracks produce an often apathetic response from King; even Dixon's "Big Boss Man" is depressingly routine. Oddly enough, the only numbers that have any grit are the three co-produced by filmmaker John Landis (of the Blues Brothers notoriety) and Ira Newborn from the soundtrack to the former's film Into the Night. Indeed, Newborn's "My Lucille," the ultimate apotheosis to King's beloved guitar, is an underrated signature classic -- even Lucille herself gets a lot of space to sing out -- and "In the Midnight Hour" also strikes fire. Buy it for "My Lucille," if you don't mind the filler and the fact that the album offers appallingly short weight at just under 34 minutes.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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David Crawford, Producer - Luther Dixon, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Dave Crawford, ComposerLyricist - Freddy Stonewall, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 Geffen Records
Luther Dixon, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Dave Crawford, Producer - Al Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Geffen Records
Ira Newborn, Producer - Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Wilson Pickett Jr., ComposerLyricist - John Landis, Producer
℗ 1985 Geffen Records
John Hobbs, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Newborn, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Randy Kerber, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Stubenhaus, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Watson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Landis, Producer - Edward Greene, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Cook, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ira Newborn, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - John Landis, Producer
℗ 1985 Geffen Records
Luther Dixon, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Dave Crawford, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Geffen Records
Luther Dixon, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Dave Crawford, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Geffen Records
Luther Dixon, ComposerLyricist - B.B. King, MainArtist - Dave Crawford, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Geffen Records
Album review
For a recording fervently hyped as a special occasion -- B.B. King's 50th album and all that -- this one is surprisingly patchy in concept and erratic in execution. Five of the tracks are Miami sessions prosaically produced by longtime King cohort Dave Crawford, who also co-wrote most of them with Luther Dixon. The routine pop/rock backing tracks produce an often apathetic response from King; even Dixon's "Big Boss Man" is depressingly routine. Oddly enough, the only numbers that have any grit are the three co-produced by filmmaker John Landis (of the Blues Brothers notoriety) and Ira Newborn from the soundtrack to the former's film Into the Night. Indeed, Newborn's "My Lucille," the ultimate apotheosis to King's beloved guitar, is an underrated signature classic -- even Lucille herself gets a lot of space to sing out -- and "In the Midnight Hour" also strikes fire. Buy it for "My Lucille," if you don't mind the filler and the fact that the album offers appallingly short weight at just under 34 minutes.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:52
- Main artists: B.B. King
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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