I'll Play the Blues for You

I'll Play The Blues For You

Studio album by Albert King

Released

1972

Recorded

1972

Genre

Soul blues, Blues

Length

39:44

Label

Stax Records

Producer

Allen Jones and Henry Bush

Albert King chronology

Lovejoy
(1971)

I'll Play the Blues for You
(1972)

Blues At Sunset
(1973)

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I'll Play The Blues For You is the seventh studio album by Albert King released in 1972.

Track listing

"I'll Play The Blues for You, Pts. 1-2" (Jerry Beach) – 7:20
"Little Brother (Make a Way)" (Henry Bush, J. Jones, Clifton William Smith) – 2:49
"Breaking up Somebody's Home" (Timothy Jackson, Raymond Matthews) – 7:19
"High Cost of Loving" (Sherwin Hamlett, Allen A. Jones) – 2:56
"I'll Be Doggone" (Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin) – 5:41
"Answer to the Laundromat Blues" (Albert King) – 4:37
"Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Wanna Come Back Across)" (J. Jones, Carl Wells) – 5:07
"Angel of Mercy" (Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson) – 4:20

Personnel

Albert King – Electric guitar and vocals
The Memphis Horns – Horns
The Bar-Kays & The Movement – Rhythm section

Albert King

Studio albums	The Big Blues (1962) Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) Years Gone By (1969) Blues for Elvis - King Does the King's Things (1970) Lovejoy (1971) I'll Play the Blues for You (1972) I Wanna Get Funky (1974) The Pinch aka The Blues Don't Change (1974)

Live albums	Live Wire/Blues Power (1968) Blues at Sunrise (1988) Wednesday Night In San Francisco (1990) Thursday Night in San Francisco (1990) Blues at Sunset (1993) In Session (1999)

Compilations	Wattstax (1972) Montreux Festival (1974) Hard Bargain (1996)

Singles	"I Get Evil" (1962) "Crosscut Saw" (1967) "Born Under a Bad Sign" (1967) "As the Years Go Passing By" (1969) "The Hunter" (1969) "The Very Thought of You" (1979)

Other songs	"Kansas City" (1967) "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1967) "Watermelon Man" (1968) "Every Day I Have the Blues" (1968) "Drifting Blues" (1968) "Killing Floor" (1969) "The Sky Is Crying" (1969) "You Don't Love Me" (1969) "Hound Dog" (1970) "What'd I Say" (1971) "She Caught the Katy" (1971) 1972: "I'll Be Doggone" (1972) 1973: "Match Box Blues" (1973) "Stormy Monday" (1973) 1976: "I'm Ready" (1976) "My Babe" (1976) "Dust My Broom" (1984) "Red House" (1992)

Related articles	Discography King Records Stax Records Booker T. & the MG's Soul blues

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