Take It Home (B. B. King album)

Take It Home
Studio album by B. B. King
Released	1979
Recorded	December 1978–January 1979
Genre	Blues
Length	34:46
Label	MCA
Producer	Stix 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[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

• B.B. King – guitar, vocals
• Dean Parks, Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Wilton Felder – double bass, saxophone on "Take It Home"
• Joe Sample – keyboards
• Stix Hooper, James Gadson – drums, percussion
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Larry Williams, Quitman Dennis – saxophone
• Chuck Findley, Jack Richmond – trombone
• Gary Grant, Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Julia Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Williard, Oren Waters – background vocals

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. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
4. MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 211.
5. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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.