''I'll Play the Blues for You'' is the seventh studio album by American blues guitarist
Albert King
Albert King ( Nelson; April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He is perhaps best known for his popular and ...
released in 1972.
In 2017, the single version of the title track was inducted in to the
Blues Hall of Fame
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.
Track listing
#"I'll Play the Blues for You, Pts. 1-2"
( Jerry Beach) – 7:20
#"Little Brother (Make a Way)"
(Henry Bush, Marshall Jones, Carl Smith) – 2:49
#"
Breaking up Somebody's Home
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"
(Al Jackson Jr.
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, Timothy Matthews) – 7:19
#"High Cost of Loving"
(Sherwin Hamlett, Allen A. Jones) – 2:56
#"
I'll Be Doggone
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"
( Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson
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, Marvin Tarplin
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) – 5:41
#"Answer to the Laundromat Blues"
(Albert King) – 4:37
#"Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Wanna Come Back Across)"
(Allen A. Jones, Carl Wells) – 5:07
#"Angel of Mercy"
(Homer Banks
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, Raymond Jackson) – 4:20
Bonus tracks 'Stax Remasters 2012' (previously unreleased)
#
"I'll Play the Blues for You" (alternate version) – 8:44
#"Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Want To Come Back Across)" (alternate version) – 5:13
#"I Need a Love" – 4:29
#"Albert's Stomp" – 2:18
Personnel
* Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
* The Memphis Horns
The Memphis Horns was an American horn section, made famous by their many appearances on Stax Records. The duo consisted of Wayne Jackson on trumpet and Andrew Love on tenor saxophone. An "offshoot of the Mar-Keys", they continued to work to ...
– horns
* The Bar-Kays
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& The Movement
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Politics
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* Civil rights movement, the African-American political movement
* The Movement ...
– rhythm section
References
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1972 albums
Albert King albums
Albums produced by Allen Jones (record producer)
Stax Records albums