Track Listing 1. Early in the Morning - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 2. Tired of Your Jive - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 3. Thrill Is Gone - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 4. Need Your Love So Bad - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 5. Ain't Nobody Home - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 6. Hummingbird - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 7. All Over Again - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 8. Drivin Wheel - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 9. There Must Be a Better World Somewhere - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 11. Funny How Time Slips Away - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 12. Rock This House - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi) 13. All Over Again (Alternate Take) - (with Kikachi Naruyoshi)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Daryl Hall, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Glenn Frey, Gloria Estefan, John Mayer, Mark Knopfler, Roger Daltrey, Sheryl Crow, Van Morrison | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Japanese version features an extra cut,"All Over Again." CD contains 1 bonus track. Although star-studded duet albums are often a mixed bag, when executed with appropriate collaborators and material the results can be impressive. Such is the case with many tracks on B.B. King's 80, which celebrates the blues legend's birthday with panache and, of course, a slew of high-profile guests. The 2005 album begins with "Early in the Morning," a pitch-perfect mid-tempo number performed with Van Morrison, and continues in finest form when it features other performers fluent in the blues, including Eric Clapton (a Hammond-tinged take on "The Thrill Is Gone"), Mark Knopfler (the simmering "All Over Again"), and King's longtime friend and peer Bobby "Blue" Bland (the intimate, conversational "Funny How Times Slip Away"). On every tune, King commands his guitar (the beloved "Lucille") better than performers a fraction of his age, and his weathered voice only adds to the record's charm.
Editorial Reviews ...King seems less an archetypal grizzled bluesman than a wise old Zen master, at peace with the world and himself. That doesn't mean he can't still sing and play some mean blues.... - Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly
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