| Midnight Believer | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 33:19 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
| B. B. King chronology | ||||
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Midnight Believer is an album by the American musicianB.B. King, released in 1978 onABC Records.[1] The album reached No. 27 on theBillboardTop Soul Albums chart.[2][3]
Midnight Believer was produced byStewart Levine. Artists includingRoland Bautista andthe Crusaders appeared on the album.[3]
A song from the album called "Never Make A Move Too Soon" reached No. 19 on theBillboardHot Soul Songs chart.[4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Mike Freedberg of theBay State Banner wrote that "the music he relies on is updated, synthesized, stringed mood ring music that's so today it stings; but King finds a way to act cool, undoing thirty years of gospel blues."[9] Raphael Callaghan of theLiverpool Echo found that, "backed by the jazz-funk of the Crusaders, [King] became an alchemist and turned the beautifully-crafted songs of Will Jennings into blues nuggets with the most heartfelt singing."[10]
Bill Dahl ofAllMusic noted, "Another collaboration that worked a lot better than one might have expected. King and the Crusaders blended in a marginally funky, contemporary style for the buoyant 'Never Make Your Move Too Soon' and an uplifting 'When It All Comes Down'."[5]
All tracks byWill Jennings andJoe Sample, except where noted.
