Midnight Believer
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Overview
Midnight Believer was produced by Stewart Levine. Artists including Roland Bautista and the Crusaders appeared on the album.[3]
Singles
A song from the album called "Never Make A Move Too Soon" reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[4]
Critical reception
Template:Music ratings Mike Freedberg of the Bay State Banner wrote that "the music he relies on is updated, synthesized, stringed mood ring music that's so today it stings; but King finds a way to act cool, undoing thirty years of gospel blues."[5] Raphael Callaghan of the Liverpool Echo found that, "backed by the jazz-funk of the Crusaders, [King] became an alchemist and turned the beautifully-crafted songs of Will Jennings into blues nuggets with the most heartfelt singing."[6]
Bill Dahl of AllMusic noted, "Another collaboration that worked a lot better than one might have expected. King and the Crusaders blended in a marginally funky, contemporary style for the buoyant 'Never Make Your Move Too Soon' and an uplifting 'When It All Comes Down'."[7]
Track listing
All tracks by Will Jennings and Joe Sample, except where noted.
- "When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)" - 4:11
- "Midnight Believer" - 4:59
- "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" - 4:18
- "Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)" - 4:10
- "Never Make a Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Jennings) - 5:29
- "A World Full of Strangers" - 4:23
- "Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer" - 5:49
Personnel
- B.B. King – guitar, vocals
- Robert Popwell – bass guitar
- Joe Sample – keyboards
- Stix Hooper – drums, percussion
- Roland Bautista – rhythm guitar
- James Gadson – drums
- Wilton Felder – bass guitar, tenor saxophone
- Rik Pekkonen – recording and mixing engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering engineer[3]
References
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