Midnight Believer/Take It Home

by B.B. King

Overview

This BGO reissue of two late-'70s albums by B.B. King has been done more for posterity than for the value of the music found on either album. Both Midnight Believer and Take It Home were produced by Crusaders keyboard boss Joe Sample. He and co-writer Will Jennings wrote the vast majority of the material on both records, trying to put King in a more contemporary context. The guitar is still there and so is that grand voice, but the tunes are arranged with all manner of synth strings, real strings, female backing chorus and plastic drum beats, taking away much of their power. This set is for those diehards who need King's records no matter how bad. Others should look elsewhere. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	01/06/2004
Label:	Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261206046
Rank:	72251

Tracks

1. When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)
2. Midnight Believer
3. I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone
4. Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)
5. Never Make a Move Too Soon
6. A World Full of Strangers
7. Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer
8. Better Not Look Down
9. Same Old Story (Same Old Song)
10. Happy Birthday Blues
11. I've Always Been Lonely
12. Second-Hand Woman
13. Tonight I'm Gonna Make You a Star
14. The Beginning of the End
15. A Story Everybody Knows
16. Take It Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

B.B. King   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Robert "Pops" Popwell   Bass
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals (Background)
Oren Waters   Vocals (Background)
Stix Hooper   Drums,Percussion
Luther Waters   Vocals (Background)
Kurt McGettrick   Horn
Sid Sharp   Conductor
Larry E. Williams   Saxophone
Julia Tillman Waters   Vocals (Background)
Charles Fendley   Trombone
Paul Jackson, Jr.   Guitar
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
Steve Madaio   Horn,Trumpet
Chuck Findley   Horn
Kim Hutchcroft   Sax (Baritone)
James Gadson   Drums,Percussion
Eddie Miller   Horn
George Bohanon   Horn
Dean Parks   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Roland Bautista   Guitar (Rhythm)
Jack Redmond   Trombone
Quitman Dennis   Horn,Saxophone
Wilton Felder   Bass,Soloist,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Abe Most   Horn
Gary Grant   Trumpet
Gary Herbig   Horn
Bob Enevoldsen   Horn
Joe Sample   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Joe Sample   String Arrangements,Horn Arrangements,Composer,Producer
Vartan   Design,Concept
Stewart Levine   Producer
Stix Hooper   Composer,Producer
Michael Bryan   Illustrations
Kathe Schreyer   Concept
Richard Germinaro   Art Direction
Stuart Kusher   Design,Art Direction
B.B. King   Composer
Pamela Hope Lobue   Production Coordination
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Will Jennings   Composer
Rik Pekkonen   Mixing,Engineer
Wilton Felder   Composer,Producer
Tony Russell   Liner Notes
Earl Miller   Photography