Lucille

B.B. King | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 21, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Special Products
• ASIN: B000002OJJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One classic is worth the price of admission, August 4, 2000

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Tyler Smith (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucille (Audio CD)

Eight songs on "Lucille" are standard-issue blues from B.B. King -- and there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing to match any of his classics, such as "Don't Answer the Door," "Sweet Little Angel," "How Blue Can You Get," or "Why I Sing the Blues," just to name a few. But you have the lusty King voice, the exuberant guitar, even if the material is not quite "A" stuff. But then there's that ninth song -- the title and the leadoff.

And what a song that is. King's valentine to his guitar, to whom he gives all the credit for his remarkable career, is quite simply one of the best tunes -- blues or otherwise -- you'll ever hear. He makes Lucille testify effortlessly throughout the tune, and the voice-like quality and absolutely authentic tone that he strikes makes repeated listening nearly irresistible. Throughout the course of "Lucille" King tells us not only about his guitar but about his life. It's a variation on "Why I Sing the Blues" in that he lets us know what motivates him to play the music that has given all of us so much.

One of the many memorable lines in "Lucille" sums up King's life: "You know, if I could play pop tunes, I still don't think that I could do it. 'Cause seems like Lucille don't want to play nothin' but the blues. And I think I'm pretty glad about that."

So are we.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazin', March 2, 2008

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Vincent L. Smith (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucille (Audio CD)

Amazing this CD hasn't garnered more reviews - it's awesome. A classic example of great late 60s blues. Standing in the face of rock, even though they were getting more white fans, the traditional base of blues was eroding fast.

*Lucille* the first track is bona-fided classic. So is *Watch Yourself* and all the others - except *You Move Me* - amble along at their own pace. Nothing forced here. Just very relaxed blues, with nothing to prove to nobody.

3.0 out of 5 stars Buy it for Lucille, November 14, 2010

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John W. Mitchell (Colorado, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucille (Audio CD)

The first cut - a 10-minute talking autobiographical story of his life - is worth the cost of owning this album. The other cuts are good (how many bad songs did BB do?) - but have the typical tinny sound of his early work. I prefer his later music when his voice got a little deeper and the recording quality improved. The single Lucille is one BB's great studio recordings!