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Album · 1975

Lucille Talks Back

by B.B. King

Lucille Talks Back is a 1975 blues album by B.B. King. It runs 10 tracks across 43 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.3/5 from 6 ratings.

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4.3 /5
6 ratings
10
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43 min
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6 ratings · avg 4.3

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  • 4.0
    echogirl

    What this obviously wanted to be was a B.B. King record that could sit next to whatever else was selling in 1975, horns and strings and the whole apparatus, and it half works in spite of itself. The playing is completely unbothered by the arrangements piled around it and the wah pedal is the most FUN he ever let himself have on a record. It's over before it can turn into a chore, which I suspect was the plan. Rolling Stone called it lifeless, but they were listening to the orchestra instead of the guitar. B.B., you never needed any of them.

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  • 4.0
    keikox

    1975 and B.B. is producing himself with a full orchestra behind him, which is the whole problem. Lucille sounds great, wah and all. Band is too clean to break anything off. Twenty-seven minutes and there's nothing on here to lift. Reconsider Baby survives. Anyway.

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  • Lucille Talks Back 50th AnniversaryAnniversary edition · 2026 · 8 tracks
    1. 1Lucille Talks Back
    2. 2Breaking Up Somebody's Home
    3. 3Reconsider Baby
    4. 4Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes
    5. 5When I'm Wrong
    6. 6I Know The Price
    7. 7Have Faith
    8. 8Everybody Lies A Little

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In brief

Is Lucille Talks Back good?
Riffiter listeners rate Lucille Talks Back 4.3/5 from 6 ratings.
When was Lucille Talks Back released?
Lucille Talks Back was released in 1975.
How many tracks are on Lucille Talks Back?
Lucille Talks Back has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 43 minutes.
What genre is Lucille Talks Back?
Lucille Talks Back is catalogued under Blues.
What albums are similar to Lucille Talks Back?
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