Midnight Believer
1978 album by B. B. King
Midnight Believer is an album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1978 on ABC Records. The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
Overview
Midnight Believer was produced by Stewart Levine. Artists including Roland Bautista and the Crusaders appeared on the album.
Singles
A song from the album called "Never Make a Move Too Soon" reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.
Critical reception
Mike Freedberg of the Bay State Banner wrote that "the music he relies on is updated, synthesized, stringed mood ring music that's so today it stings; but King finds a way to act cool, undoing thirty years of gospel blues." Raphael Callaghan of the Liverpool Echo found that, "backed by the jazz-funk of the Crusaders, [King] became an alchemist and turned the beautifully-crafted songs of Will Jennings into blues nuggets with the most heartfelt singing."
Bill Dahl of AllMusic noted, "Another collaboration that worked a lot better than one might have expected. King and the Crusaders blended in a marginally funky, contemporary style for the buoyant 'Never Make Your Move Too Soon' and an uplifting 'When It All Comes Down'."
Track listing
All tracks by Will Jennings and Joe Sample, except where noted.
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