Black & Blue (album)

Black & Blue
Studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Released September 1973
Recorded Sigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre R&B
Length 39:31
Label Philadelphia International
KZ 32407
Producer Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes chronology
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
(1972)		 Black & Blue
(1973)		 To Be True
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
BBC (favorable) [2]
Robert Christgau (B+) [3]

Black & Blue is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in Septembeer 1973. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

The album features the hit singles "The Love I Lost" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)". The B-side of "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)", "I'm Weak for You", also made the R&B chart.

The album was remastered and reissued in 2010 by Big Break Records with two bonus tracks, the single versions of "The Love I Lost" and "I'm Weak for You".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gamble and Huff, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Cabaret"   1:42
2. "The Love I Lost"   6:24
3. "It All Depends on You"   4:49
4. "Concentrate on Me" (Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 3:10
5. "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)"   3:28
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Is There a Place for Me" (Huff, McFadden, Whitehead) 6:56
7. "I'm Weak for You" (Gamble, Huff, Cary Gilbert) 6:51
8. "I'm Comin' Home Tomorrow"   6:11

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Album Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B
1973 Black & Blue 57 5

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[5]
US US
R&B		 UK[6]
1973 "The Love I Lost (Part 1)" 7 1 21
1974 "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)" 58 6 32
"I'm Weak for You" — 87 —

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Black & the Blue review at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ^ Easlea, Daryl. "Black & Blue review". BBC Music. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hpzb. Retrieved 2011-09-24. 
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Black and Blue review". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=7418. Retrieved 2011-06-26. 
  4. ^ "US Albums Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4891/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-06-25. 
  5. ^ "US Singles Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4891/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-06-25. 
  6. ^ "UK Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/harold%20melvin%20%26%20the%20bluenotes/. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 

External links

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Studio albums
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · Black & Blue · To Be True · Wake Up Everybody · Reaching for the World · Now Is the Time · The Blue Album · All Things Happen in Time · Talk It Up (Tell Everybody)
Compilation albums
Collectors' Item: All Their Greatest Hits! · Greatest Hits · If You Don't Know Me by Now: The Best of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes · Blue Notes & Ballads · Super Hits · The Ultimate Blue Notes · The Essential Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes · Playlist: The Very Best of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
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