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

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Black & Blue
Studio album by
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

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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

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Charts

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Chart (1973) Peak
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs 57
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 5
Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
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US
R&B

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UK
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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

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  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.
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