Lovejoy (album)
Lovejoy is a studio album by Albert King, released in 1971.[7]
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Released | July 1971 | |||
Recorded | December 1970 - January 1971 | |||
Studio | Skyhill Studios, Hollywood Hills, California Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama[1] | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 36:23 | |||
Label | Stax[2] | |||
Producer | Don Nix | |||
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MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The album peaked at No. 188 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Production
The album was produced by Don Nix, who also penned some of the songs.[9] "Lovejoy, Ill." is about Brooklyn, Illinois, which is nicknamed Lovejoy, after Elijah P. Lovejoy.[10] King got his start in Lovejoy.
Track listing
- "Honky Tonk Woman" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
- "Bay Area Blues" (Donald "Duck" Dunn, Don Nix) – 2:55
- "Corrina, Corrina" (Don Nix) – 3:45
- "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" (Taj Mahal, James Rachell) – 3:56
- "For the Love of a Woman" (Don Nix) – 4:20
- "Lovejoy, III." (Don Nix) – 3:46
- "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (Don Nix) – 4:20
- "Going Back to Iuka" (Don Nix) – 3:58
- "Like a Road Leading Home" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 5:24
Personnel
- Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
- Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
- Tippy Armstrong – guitar
- Wayne Perkins – guitar
- John Gallie – keyboards
- Barry Beckett – keyboards
- Donald Dunn – bass guitar
- David Hood – bass guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Sandy Konikoff – percussion
- Jeanie Green – backing vocals
- The Mount Zion Singers – backing vocals
- Technical
- Larry Hamby, Marlin Greene, Peter Nicholls, Steve Smith - engineer
- John Fry - remix engineer
- Joel Brodsky - photography
References
- Whitley, Carla Jean (July 22, 2014). "Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 841.
- Koda, Cub. Lovejoy at AllMusic
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 630.
- Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 394.
- "Albert King | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "Albert King". Billboard.
- Tersch, Gary Von (September 30, 1971). "Lovejoy". Rolling Stone.
- "The 100 Greatest St. Louis Songs". Riverfront Times.
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