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1978 studio album by B. B. King

Midnight Believer

Studio album by B. B. King

Released

1978

Genre

Blues

Length

33:19

B. B. King chronology

King Size
(1977)

Midnight Believer
(1978)

Take It Home
(1979)

Midnight Believer is an album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1978 on ABC Records. The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

Overview

Midnight Believer was produced by Stewart Levine. Artists including Roland Bautista and the Crusaders appeared on the album.

Singles

A song from the album called "Never Make A Move Too Soon" reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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." In 2006, the Liverpool Echo said that, "backed by the jazz-funk of the Crusaders, became an alchemist and turned the beautifully-crafted songs of Will Jennings into blues nuggets with the most heartfelt singing."

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

References

Emerson, Bo (7 Jan 1996). "At 70, B.B. King still feels the thrill of playing blues". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. M3.
"B.B. King: Midnight Believer (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
^ B.B. King: Midnight Believer. ABC Records. 1978.
"B.B. King: Never Make A Move Too Soon (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
"B.B. King: Midnight Believer". AllMusic.
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. 2006. p. 357.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 395, 396.
Freedberg, Mike (11 May 1978). "Soul Dog". Bay State Banner. No. 31. p. 15.
Callaghan, Raphael (30 Mar 2006). "What's Going". Liverpool Echo. p. 33.

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Discography
Studio albums	1960: My Kind of Blues 1968: Blues on Top of Blues Lucille 1969: Completely Well 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1971: B.B. King in London 1972: L.A. Midnight Guess Who 1973: To Know You Is to Love You 1974: Friends 1975: Lucille Talks Back 1977: King Size 1978: Midnight Believer 1979: Take It Home 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 1982: Love Me Tender 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz 1985: Six Silver Strings 1988: King of the Blues: 1989 1991: There Is Always One More Time 1993: Blues Summit 1994: Heart to Heart 1997: Deuces Wild 1998: Blues on the Bayou 1999: Let the Good Times Roll 2000: Riding with the King Makin' Love Is Good for You 2003: Reflections 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80 2008: One Kind Favor
Live albums	1965: Live at the Regal 1967: Blues Is King 1969: Live & Well 1971: Live in Cook County Jail 1974: Together for the First Time... Live 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss 1990: Live at San Quentin 1991: Live at the Apollo 1999: Live in Japan
Notable compilations	1957: Singin' the Blues 1958: The Blues 1968: His Best – The Electric B. B. King 1983: Why I Sing the Blues 1992: King of the Blues 1995: Lucille & Friends 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits 2005: The Ultimate Collection 2007: The Best of the Early Years 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King
Singles	1951: "3 O'Clock Blues" 1952: "Shake It Up and Go" 1952: "You Know I Love You 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues" 1956: "Sweet Little Angel" 1959: "Sugar Mama" 1961: "Someday Baby" 1962: "Goin' Down Slow" 1963: "Trouble in Mind" 1964: "How Blue Can You Get" "Rock Me Baby" "Please Send Me Someone to Love" 1965: "Blue Shadows" 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind" "Just Like a Woman" "Five Long Years" "Ain't Nobody's Business" 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone" "Worried Life" 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll" 1985: "Big Boss Man" 1988: "When Love Comes to Town" 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"
Other songs	1961: "Driving Wheel 1974: "Black Night" 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me" 1985: "In the Midnight Hour" 1995: "You Shook Me" 1998: "Mean Ole' World" 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" "Buzz Me" "Saturday Night Fish Fry" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Early in the Mornin'" 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "Since I Fell for You" 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad" "Early in the Morning" 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" "Sitting on Top of the World"
Related articles	Bukka White (cousin) B.B. King "Into the Night" Memphis blues The Beale Streeters Beale Street WDIA Chitlin' Circuit Bihari brothers Lucille (guitar) B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center The Road to Memphis

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