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Completely Well

1969 studio album by B.B. King

Completely Well, released in 1969, is a studio album by the blues guitarist B. B. King. It is notable for the inclusion of "The Thrill Is Gone", which became a hit on both the R&B/soul and pop charts and which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1970.[1]

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The album was released in the US as an LP record in 1969 and as a CD in 1987; in the UK only as an LP. San Francisco critic Ralph J. Gleason's liner notes are mostly a profile of King, with only a passing reference to the actual music contained in King`s commercial breakthrough album.

Track listing

  1. "So Excited" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott) -- 5:34
  2. "No Good" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:35
  3. "You're Losin' Me" (Ferdinand Washington, B.B. King) -- 4:54
  4. "What Happened" (B.B. King) -- 4:41
  5. "Confessin' the Blues" (Jay McShann, Walter Brown) -- 4:56
  6. "Key to My Kingdom" (Maxwell Davis, Joe Josea, Claude Baum) -- 3:18
  7. "Cryin' Won't Help You Now" (Sam Ling, Jules Taub; LP has only B.B.) -- 6:30
  8. "You're Mean" (B.B. King, Gerald Jemmott, Hugh McCracken, Paul Harris, Herbie Lovelle) -- 9:39
  9. "The Thrill Is Gone" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins; LP has Arthur H [Art] Benson, Dale Pettite) -- 5:30[1]

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    "Completely Well - B.B. King | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  2. [2]
    Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  3. [3]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 118. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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