Lovejoy (album)

Lovejoy is a studio album by Albert King, released in 1971.[7]

Lovejoy
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1971
RecordedDecember 1970 - January 1971
StudioSkyhill Studios, Hollywood Hills, California
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama[1]
GenreBlues
Length36:23
LabelStax[2]
ProducerDon Nix
Albert King chronology
Blues for Elvis – King Does the King's Things
(1970)
Lovejoy
(1971)
I'll Play the Blues for You
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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

  1. "Honky Tonk Woman" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
  2. "Bay Area Blues" (Donald "Duck" Dunn, Don Nix) – 2:55
  3. "Corrina, Corrina" (Don Nix) – 3:45
  4. "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" (Taj Mahal, James Rachell) – 3:56
  5. "For the Love of a Woman" (Don Nix) – 4:20
  6. "Lovejoy, III." (Don Nix) – 3:46
  7. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (Don Nix) – 4:20
  8. "Going Back to Iuka" (Don Nix) – 3:58
  9. "Like a Road Leading Home" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 5:24

Personnel

Technical
  • Larry Hamby, Marlin Greene, Peter Nicholls, Steve Smith - engineer
  • John Fry - remix engineer
  • Joel Brodsky - photography

References

  1. Whitley, Carla Jean (July 22, 2014). "Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music". Arcadia Publishing via Google Books.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 841.
  3. Koda, Cub. Lovejoy at AllMusic
  4. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 630.
  5. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 394.
  7. "Albert King | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. "Albert King". Billboard.
  9. Tersch, Gary Von (September 30, 1971). "Lovejoy". Rolling Stone.
  10. "The 100 Greatest St. Louis Songs". Riverfront Times.
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