Take It Home (B. B. King album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B+
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Bay State Banner noted that "the voice remains striking and the stinging fills when they come are impressive, but they cannot make routine arrangements and lyrics memorable."

Track listing

"Better Not Look Down" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 3:22
"Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" (Jennings, Sample) – 4:32
"Happy Birthday Blues" (Jennings, Sample) – 3:15
"I've Always Been Lonely" (Jennings, Sample) – 5:28
"Second Hand Woman" (Jennings, Sample) – 3:20
"Tonight I'm Gonna Make You a Star" (Jennings, King) – 3:26
"The Beginning of the End" (Jennings, King) – 2:21
"A Story Everybody Knows" (Stix Hooper, Jennings) – 2:47
"Take It Home" (Wilton Felder, Jennings) – 3:07

Personnel

B.B. King – guitar, vocals
Dean Parks, Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
Wilton Felder – double bass, saxophone on "Take It Home"
Joe Sample – keyboards
Stix Hooper, James Gadson – drums, percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Larry Williams, Quitman Dennis – saxophone
Chuck Findley, Jack Richmond – trombone
Gary Grant, Steve Madaio – trumpet
Julia Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Williard, Oren Waters – background vocals

References

"B.B. King : Album : Take It Home". Archived from the original on 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
"Take It Home - B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 211.
Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 395.
Lane, George (23 Aug 1979). "Shades of Blue". Bay State Banner. No. 46. p. 20.

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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"
Related articles	Bukka White (cousin) B.B. King "Into the Night" Memphis blues The Beale Streeters Beale Street WDIA Chitlin' Circuit Bihari brothers Lucille (guitar) B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center The Road to Memphis

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