Midnight Believer

Midnight Believer is an album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1978 on ABC Records.^[1] The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.^[2][3]

Midnight Believer
Studio album by B. B. King
Released	1978
Genre	Blues
Length	33:19
Label	ABC
Producer	Stewart Levine
B. B. King chronology
King Size (1977) Midnight Believer (1978) Take It Home (1979)

Overview

Midnight Believer was produced by Stewart Levine. Artists including Roland Bautista and the Crusaders appeared on the album.^[3]

Singles

A song from the album called "Never Make A Move Too Soon" reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
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 the Bay 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 the Liverpool 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 of AllMusic 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]

Track listing

All tracks by Will Jennings and Joe Sample, except where noted.

1. "When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)" - 4:11
2. "Midnight Believer" - 4:59
3. "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" - 4:18
4. "Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing)" - 4:10
5. "Never Make a Move Too Soon" (Stix Hooper, Jennings) - 5:29
6. "A World Full of Strangers" - 4:23
7. "Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer" - 5:49

Personnel

• B.B. King – guitar, vocals
• Robert Popwell – bass guitar
• Joe Sample – keyboards
• Stix Hooper – drums, percussion
• Roland Bautista – rhythm guitar
• James Gadson – drums
• Wilton Felder – bass guitar, tenor saxophone
• Rik Pekkonen – recording and mixing engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering engineer^[3]