Lucille Talks Back

Lucille Talks Back
Lucille Talks Back
Studio album by B. B. King
Released	1975
Genre	Blues
Length	42:20
Label	ABC
Producer	B. B. King
B. B. King chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Lucille Talks Back is an album by B. B. King, released in 1975.^[2] B.B. King produced it himself and recorded it with his own orchestra. It is not to be confused with a compilation of the same name, released in 1988.

The album was out of print until it was re-released as a bonus disc as part of the iTunes edition of the 2012 box set Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B. B. King.

Track listing

Side A

"Lucille Talks Back (Copulation)" [instrumental] (B.B.King) - 2:25
"Breaking Up Somebody's Home" (Al Jackson, Jr., Timothy Matthews) - 2:58
"Reconsider Baby" (Lowell Fulson) - 2:53
"Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes" (Bobby Lexing, Miles Grayson) - 3:15

Side B

"When I'm Wrong" (B. B. King) - 6:11
"I Know The Price" (B. B. King) - 3:06
"Have Faith" (Shirrell Sutton) - 2:36
"Everybody Lies A Little" (Jackson, King) - 3:43

Personnel

B.B. King - guitar, vocals
Jesse Daniel Houck, Milton Hopkins - rhythm guitar
Rudy Aikels - bass guitar
Ron Levy - piano, synthesizer
James Toney - Hammond organ
John "Jabo" Starks - drums
Marcus Barnett - percussion
Bobby Forte - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Cato Walker III - alto saxophone
Herbert Hardisty - tenor saxophone, trumpet
Eddie Rowe - trumpet, flugelhorn
Joseph Burton - trombone
B. B. King, Eddie Rowe, Hampton Reese - arrangements

Technical

Tom Wilkes - art direction
Martin Donald - design
Jim McCrary - photography

References

^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ ^a ^b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 631.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 395.

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[CG-1] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[MH-2] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 631.

[RS-3] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 395.

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Discography
Studio albums	1960: My Kind of Blues 1968: Blues on Top of Blues Lucille 1969: Completely Well 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1971: B.B. King in London 1972: L.A. Midnight Guess Who 1973: To Know You Is to Love You 1974: Friends 1975: Lucille Talks Back 1977: King Size 1978: Midnight Believer 1979: Take It Home 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 1982: Love Me Tender 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz 1985: Six Silver Strings 1988: King of the Blues: 1989 1991: There Is Always One More Time 1993: Blues Summit 1994: Heart to Heart 1997: Deuces Wild 1998: Blues on the Bayou 1999: Let the Good Times Roll 2000: Riding with the King Makin' Love Is Good for You 2003: Reflections 2005: B. B. King & Friends: 80 2008: One Kind Favor
Live albums	1965: Live at the Regal 1967: Blues Is King 1969: Live & Well 1971: Live in Cook County Jail 1974: Together for the First Time... Live 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss 1990: Live at San Quentin 1991: Live at the Apollo 1999: Live in Japan
Notable compilations	1957: Singin' the Blues 1958: The Blues 1968: His Best – The Electric B. B. King 1983: Why I Sing the Blues 1992: King of the Blues 1995: Lucille & Friends 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits 2005: The Ultimate Collection 2007: The Best of the Early Years 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King
Singles	1951: "3 O'Clock Blues" 1952: "Shake It Up and Go" 1952: "You Know I Love You 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues" 1956: "Sweet Little Angel" 1959: "Sugar Mama" 1961: "Someday Baby" 1962: "Goin' Down Slow" 1963: "Trouble in Mind" 1964: "How Blue Can You Get" "Rock Me Baby" "Please Send Me Someone to Love" 1965: "Blue Shadows" 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind" "Just Like a Woman" "Five Long Years" "Ain't Nobody's Business" 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone" "Worried Life" 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll" 1985: "Big Boss Man" 1988: "When Love Comes to Town" 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"
Other songs	1961: "Driving Wheel 1974: "Black Night" 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me" 1985: "In the Midnight Hour" 1995: "You Shook Me" 1998: "Mean Ole' World" 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" "Buzz Me" "Saturday Night Fish Fry" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Early in the Mornin'" 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "Since I Fell for You" 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad" "Early in the Morning" 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" "Sitting on Top of the World"
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