| Friends | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 29:06 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Dave Crawford | |||
| B. B. King chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C[2] |
Friends is a studio album by B. B. King, released by ABC Records in 1974.[1] It was available in stereo under the reference ABCD-825 and in quadraphonic sound under the reference CQD-40022. This album maintains the sentimental mood initiated in the previous album To Know You Is to Love You recorded in the same studio by the same producer.[3]
Track listing
Details are from the original 1974 vinyl LP.
- Side A
- "Friends" (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann, Will Boulware) – 4:44
- "I Got Them Blues" (Dave Crawford, Deryll Inman) – 4:31
- "Baby I'm Yours" (Van McCoy) – 3:28
- "Up At 5 AM" (Dave Crawford) – 3:15
- Side B
- "Philadelphia" (Dave Crawford) – 6:03
- "When Everything Else Is Gone" (Will Boulware) – 3:08
- "My Song" (Dave Crawford, Charles Mann) – 3:57
Personnel
- Musical
- B. B. King – vocals, guitar
- Dave Crawford & Charles Mann – backgrounds vocals
- Deryll Inman – guitar
- Norman Harris – guitar
- Bobby Eli as Eli Tarkesty – guitar
- Roland Chambers – guitar
- Dave Crawford – keyboards
- Will Boulware – keyboards
- Ron Kersey – keyboards
- Larry Washington – congas
- Vince Montana – vibraphone
- Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- The Memphis Horns – horns
- Roy Renaldo & Philadelphia Strings – strings
- Wade Marcus – arrangement
- Technical
- Joe Tarsia – engineer (Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia)
- Mike Lizzio – engineer (Las Vegas Recording Studio, Las Vegas)
References
- 1 2 "Friends – B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ↑ Danchin, Sebastian (1998). Blues Boy – The Life and Music of B. B. King. University Press of Mississippi. p. 85. ISBN 1-57806-017-6.
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