Love Me Tender (B.B. King album)

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Love Me Tender
Studio album by
B.B. King
Released1982
GenreBlues
LabelMCA Records
ProducerStewart Levine
B.B. King chronology
There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
(1981) 		Love Me Tender
(1982) 		Blues 'N' Jazz
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic1.5/5 stars[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide2.5/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 stars[4]

Love Me Tender is a studio album by the American blues musician B.B. King.[5][6] It was released via MCA Records in 1982.[7] King supported the album by appearing on Austin City Limits.[8]

The album peaked at No. 179 on the Billboard 200.[9]

Production[]

Produced by Stewart Levine, the album was recorded in Nashville.[10][11] The Muscle Shoals Horns appear on some tracks.[12]

Critical reception[]

The New York Times panned the first side of Love Me Tender, calling it "bland, countrypolitan elevator music," but thought more highly of side two's "first-rate after-hours blues."[11] The Globe and Mail wrote that "the singing is lugubrious, the playing is by rote, and the sound is so lush that King can barely be hard above it."[12]

AllMusic called the album an "extremely ill-advised foray into mushy Nashville cornpone."[1] The Rolling Stone Album Guide considered it a return to the "gentle sound" of Midnight Believer.[4]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."One of Those Nights"4:58
2."Love Me Tender"3:28
3."Don't Change on Me"4:35
4."(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time"2:52
5."You've Always Got the Blues"4:57
6."Nightlife/Please Send Me Someone to Love"4:30
7."You and Me, Me and You"3:05
8."Since I Met You Baby"4:30
9."Time is a Thief"5:26
10."A World I Never Made"5:13

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Love Me Tender - B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 4: MUZE. p. 843.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 631.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 395–396.
  5. ^ "B.B. King | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Lloyd, Jack (17 June 1983). "B.B. KING: GRATEFUL FOR THE ACCOLADES". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E33.
  7. ^ "Soul Brothers Top 20 Albums". Jet. 62 (26): 63. Sep 6, 1982.
  8. ^ "Exclusive: Watch Two B.B. King Tracks From 'ACL' Vault". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. ^ "B.B. King". Billboard.
  10. ^ McGee, David (2005). B.B. King: There is Always One More Time. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 233.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Palmer, Robert (July 4, 1982). "THE BLUES ARE STILL A LIVING TRADITION" – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b Lacey, Liam (8 May 1982). "Love Me Tender B.B. King". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
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