His California Album

Product Details

Artist : Bobby 'Blue' Bland
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0008811034924
Label : Universal
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2004-11-20
UPC : 008811034924

ASIN : B000008DJ1

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. This Time I'm Gone For Good
2. Up And Down World
3. It's Not The Spotlight
4. I Don't Want To Be Right (If Loving You Is Wrong)
5. Goin' Down Slow
6. Right Place At The Right Time
7. Help Me Through The Day
8. Where My Baby Went
9. Friday The 13th Child
10. I've Got To Use My Imagination

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Editorial Reviews

Description

Bland's first album for ABC-Dunhill was aptly titled. The players were the cream of the Los Angeles session scene (particularly bassist Wilton Felder and guitarist Larry Carlton),and backup singer Ginger Blake was a member of the legendary Brian Wilson-produced girl group the Honeys. Fortunately, all of them proved thoroughly sympathetic to Bland's brand of down-home blues, and the resulting album is neither overproduced nor slick. On the contrary, HIS CALIFORNIA ALBUM has a nice, late-night feel reminiscent of B.B. King's "The Thrill is Gone".
Bland, who's in exceptionally good voice here, simmers his way through some cover songs that suit his impassioned delivery to a T, including Gladys Knight's "I've Got to Use My Imagination", Luther Ingram's "I Don't Want toBe Right", and Gerry Goffin's "It's Not the Spotlight". Thealbum's high point, however, is the opening "This Time I'm Gone for Good", a beautiful, modern soul-blues plaint sung by Bland with just the right amount of intensity and regret. "Six Degrees of Bobby Bland" trivia: Trip-hop folkie Beth Orton covered "Spotlight" on the soundtrack to the 1999 Kevin Bacon film A Stir of Echoes.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic (2007-03-29)

In my humble opinion, easily the best soul/blues album you are likely to hear. Great songs, great voice, musicians are top notch.Bobby Bland at his best !!!!

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