I'll Play the Blues for You

I'll Play The Blues For You
Studio album by Albert King
Released	1972
Recorded	1972 in Memphis
Genre	Soul blues, Blues
Length	39:44
Label	Stax Records
Producer	Allen Jones and Henry Bush
Albert King chronology
Lovejoy (1971)Lovejoy1971 I'll Play the Blues for You (1972) Blues At Sunset (1973)Blues At Sunset1973

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

Track listing

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

Bonus Tracks Stax Remasters 2012 (previously unreleased)

9. "I'll Play the Blues for You" (alternate version) - 8:44
10. "Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Want To Come Back Across)" (alternate version) - 5:13
11. "I Need a Love" - 4:29
12. "Albert's Stomp" - 2:18

Personnel

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