''Reflections'' is the fortieth studio album by

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, released in 2003. It pays tribute to the big band sound of King's youth.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "among all the honorable, likable, vaguely disappointing numbers, there is one song, King's own 'Neighborhood Affair,' that provides a startling reminder that B.B. King is not simply a blues icon, not simply the affable symbol of a music that even non-fans can identify." ''

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'' called the album "safe and predictable" and "a minor footnote" in King's career.

Track listing

#"Exactly Like You" (

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) - 3:21 #"On My Word of Honor" (Jean Miles, Katherine Harrison) - 3:22 #"I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) - 2:48 #"I'll String Along with You" ( Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 3:31 #"I Need You" (Ronald Irwin Satterfield, Laury Steve Bruce) - 3:03 #"A Mother's Love" ( Clyde Otis) - 2:59 #"(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons" (Deek Watson, William Best) - 3:31 #"Neighbourhood Affair" (B.B. King, Jules Bihari) - 4:27 #"Tomorrow Night" ( Lonnie Johnson) - 3:38 #"There I've Said it Again" (

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) - 3:30 #" Always on My Mind" (

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, Mark James,

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) - 3:57 #"Cross My Heart" ( Don Robey) - 4:29 #"

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) - 3:57

Personnel

*B.B. King – vocals, guitar *

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– guitar * Nathan East – bass guitar *

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– piano, electric piano (Fender Rhodes: tracks 1, 3, 7, 10), (Wurlitzer: 5, 13) *Toby Baker – piano, programming, electric piano (Fender Rhodes: 11, 12), (Wurlitzer: 6) *Tim Carmon – piano (7), Hammond B3 organ *Nicky Shaw – programming *

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– drums

References

2003 albums B.B. King albums MCA Records albums {{2000s-album-stub