Take It Home (B. B. King album)

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Take It Home
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedDecember 1978–January 1979
GenreBlues
Length34:46
LabelMCA
ProducerStix 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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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."[7]

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 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  2. ^ "Take It Home - B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  4. ^ MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 211.
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  6. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 395.
  7. ^ Lane, George (23 Aug 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 46. p. 20.