Makin' Love Is Good for You

Makin' Love Is Good for You is a 2000 album by American blues musician B. B. King, his thirty-eighth studio album.

Makin' Love Is Good for You
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 25, 2000[1]
RecordedDockside Studio, Maurice, Louisiana, United States
GenreBlues
Length59:02
LabelMCA
ProducerB. B. King, Floyd Lieberman, Sidney A. Seidenberg
B.B. King chronology
Riding with the King
(2000)
Makin' Love Is Good for You
(2000)
Reflections
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[2]

Like the similar Blues on the Bayou (which also contained a version of "You're on Top", but titled "Blues in G"), it combines blues covers and B.B. King originals, which are re-recordings of songs he had recorded earlier in his career. Three songs originally appeared on the 1960 album King of the Blues: "She's My Baby" had been the opening track under the title "I've Got a Right To Love My Baby", "Ain't Nobody Like My Baby" is a new recording of "Feel Like a Million", and "You're On Top" appears under its original title. "Peace of Mind" was originally a 1961 single. "Too Good To You Baby" is a remake of "The Wrong Road" from Blues in My Heart (released in 1963). "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" appeared on the 1963 release (The Soul of) B.B. King as "You Won't Listen".[original research]

Track listing

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  1. "I Got to Leave This Woman" (Melvin Jackson)
  2. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson)
  3. "I Know" (Barbara George)
  4. "Peace of Mind" (Riley King, Joe Josea)
  5. "Monday Woman" (Willie Mabon)
  6. "Ain't Nobody Like My Baby" (Riley King)
  7. "Makin' Love Is Good for You" (Tony Joe White)
  8. "Don't Go No Farther" (Willie Dixon)
  9. "Actions Speak Louder than Words" (Riley King)
  10. "What You Bet" (Robert Taylor, George Williams)
  11. "You're on Top" (Riley King, Sam Ling)
  12. "Too Good to You Baby" (Riley King)
  13. "I'm in the Wrong Business" (A.C. Reed)
  14. "She's My Baby" (Riley King)
  15. "It's Still Called the Blues" (Earl Forest, George Jackson, Robert Alton Miller)

Personnel

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  • B.B. King – lead guitar
  • James Bolden, Darrell Leonard, Stanley Abernathy – trumpet
  • Walter R. King, Melvin Jackson – saxophone
  • Calep Emphrey Jr. – drums
  • Leon Warren, John Porter – guitar
  • Michael Doster – bass guitar
  • James Toney, Tommy Eyre – keyboards
  • Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
  • Tony Braunagel – percussion[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "B.B. King – Makin' Love Is Good for You". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  3. ^ "Makin' Love Is Good for You - B.B. King | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.