To Know You Is to Love You (album)

To Know You Is to Love You
Studio album by
B. B. King
Released1973
Studio
  • Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • The Sound Pit, Atlanta, Georgia
  • A&R, New York City
GenreBlues
LabelABC
ProducerDave Crawford
B. B. King chronology
Guess Who
(1972) 		To Know You Is to Love You
(1973) 		Friends
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

To Know You Is to Love You is an electric blues album by B. B. King, released in 1973. Produced by Dave Crawford in Philadelphia, it includes the participation of Stevie Wonder, the Memphis Horns, and members of MFSB, the house band for Philadelphia International Records in the early and mid-1970s.

Track listing

  1. "I Like To Live the Love" (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann) – 3:29
  2. "Respect Yourself" (Luther Ingram, Mack Rice) – 5:13
  3. "Who Are You" (Dave Crawford, Horace Johnson) – 3:55
  4. "Love" (B. B. King) – 3:10
  5. "I Can't Leave" (Dave Crawford) – 4:13
  6. "To Know You Is to Love You" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) – 8:42
  7. "Oh To Me" (Dave Crawford) – 4:27
  8. "Thank You for Loving the Blues" (B. B. King) – 6:47

Personnel

Technical
  • Joe Tarsia – engineer

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ To Know You Is to Love You at AllMusic
  4. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.