Reflections: B.B. King: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Exactly Like You

2. On My Word Of Honor

3. I Want A Little Girl

4. I'll String Along With You

5. I Need You

6. A Mother's Love

7. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

8. Neighborhood Affair

9. Tomorrow Night

10. There I've Said It Again

11. Always On My Mind

12. Cross My Heart

13. What A Wonderful World

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B.B. King unleashes his inner crooner on this collection of 13 of his sentimental favorites. With a five-piece studio band rather than his usual orchestra, the arrangements stay spare throughout, allowing King to exercise his classic vocal chops--although some fans may be disappointed by his low-key guitar playing, as King's beloved axe Lucille plays second fiddle to Texas guitarist Doyle Bramhall II's six-string. Still, King's in excellent voice, whether revisiting early inspiration Lonnie Johnson's romantic "Tomorrow Night," embracing buddy Willie Nelson's golden "Always on My Mind," or tackling numbers recorded by Sam Cooke and Nat "King" Cole ("(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"), Louis Armstrong ("What a Wonderful World"), and Frank Sinatra ("I'll String Along with You"). Fans will recognize "On My Word of Honor" and the King original "Neighborhood Affair" from previous recordings and "I Want a Little Girl" from his live performances. Although King does justice to all these numbers, his most heartfelt selection may be "A Mother's Love," a performance that seems to draw on the heartache he still carries from the loss of his own mother when he was a child, nearly 70 years ago. --Ted Drozdowski

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2.0 out of 5 stars b.b. king???, May 24 2004

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EJR (Oak Lawn, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reflections (Audio CD)

I should have know better than to buy any album where the artist is recording "standards". The only thing worse would be an album of Christmas music by b.b. I listened to the first song and thought I was listening to show tunes and then fast forwarded through the rest. B.B.'s voice sounds as good as ever but the concept is a waste.

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5.0 out of 5 stars woooooooo hoooooooooooooooo, May 13 2004

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Fart-O(The Gasly Super hero) (fartsoland of retrovilel paris france) - See all my reviews

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who cut the cheese, oh that was me oops(lol). this is a great cd, by a blues legend... you guessed it bobby bland, nah just kidding, this cd features John Lee Hooker singing a duet with BB on Exactly Like you(naaahh just kidding). However the rolling stones do make a guest appearance on For Sentimantel reasons(got you!!! another fib). Buth the honest truth of teh matter is, that this cd isn't BB singin' da blues, it's bb's bluesy interps. of jazz standards with big band and string, with very few guitar solos, but TONS of great voclas, and although Eric Clapton, and other rock bozos don't show up here, thsi cd is one MIGHTY FINE BB cd, go ahaed make my day, by the cd, please, pretty please with ice cream on top, with whipped cream and a cherry, and peanut butter, with cranberry juice and hot sdalso and chips, with carna sada, and chilic sauce with redhots, and onions, fried, not stirred!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully done album of bluesy ballads and standards, May 6 2004

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BluesReviews (Sunny Hills, CA) - See all my reviews

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BB King is 1st and formost a blues singer and jazz based blues guitarist. On this cd his is heard more as a singer, then a guitarist, although he does play a few licks here and there. This cd is proof that King as as much a crooner as Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby or Tony Bennett.

The opening number Exactly Like You(which has been recorded by Little Jimmy Rushing and frank Sinatra), is a perfect example of King acting as an urban blues singer, turning a swing standard into a blues romper much the way Big Joe Turner might have done it on one of his OJC sessions. BB also handles blues ballads with sensitivity and firmness at the same time creating a bluesy intamacy, for instance on On My Word Of Honor, he'll bring you to tears with his ematioanl performance. There are aslo great standards which BB makes hsi own like I Love You For Sentimanetal Reasons, making you forget even Nat KING Cole's version, which was sappier, as where BB made it a Reflection! Also BB stands out on Satchmo's great Waht A Wonderful World. a trutly great and touching cd, and the best release from the king in a decade.

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5.0 out of 5 stars MAGNIFICENT AND SHEER BRILLIANCE!!!
Sheer brillaince is teh only way to describe this highly enjoyable set of standards and blues treasuries. This cd is on a par with his classic lp's from the 50's. Read more

Published on May 5 2004 by fart-obsessed

5.0 out of 5 stars It's as good as margerita pizza!!!
Wow! if I were to cmpare this cd to a pizza I would compare it to a Margarita pizza. Zesty, salty, but actually not cheesy! Read more

Published on May 5 2004 by bigfatpizzaeater