Black & Blue (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)

Black & Blue
Studio album by
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
ReleasedSeptember 1973
RecordedSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreR&B, Philly soul
Length39:31
LabelPhiladelphia International
KZ 32407
ProducerKenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes chronology
I Miss You
(1972) 		Black & Blue
(1973) 		To Be True
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(favorable)[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[4]

Black & Blue is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in September 1973. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

The album features the hit singles "The Love I Lost" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)". The B-side of "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)", "I'm Weak for You", also made the R&B chart.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gamble and Huff, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cabaret"Kander and Ebb1:42
2."The Love I Lost" 6:24
3."It All Depends on You" 4:49
4."Concentrate on Me"Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead3:10
5."Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)"K. Gamble, L. Huff3:28
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Is There a Place for Me"Huff, McFadden, Whitehead6:56
7."I'm Weak for You"Gamble, Huff, Cary Gilbert6:51
8."I'm Comin' Home Tomorrow" 6:11
2010 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."The Love I Lost" (Part I - Single Version)3:35
10."I'm Weak for You" (Part I - Single Version)3:23

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
[5]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 57
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 5
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[5] 		US
R&B
[5] 		UK
[6]
1973 "The Love I Lost (Part 1)" 7 1 21
1974 "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)" 58 6 32
"I'm Weak for You" — 87 —

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Black & the Blue review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  2. ^ Easlea, Daryl. "Black & Blue review". BBC Music. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Edwards, Gavin (30 August 2019). "20 R&B Albums We Loved in the Seventies That You Never Heard". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  6. ^ "UK Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-21.