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

Black & Blue

Studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Released

September 1973

Recorded

Sigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Genre

R&B

Length

39:31

Label

Philadelphia International
KZ 32407

Producer

Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes chronology

I Miss You
(1972)

Black & Blue
(1973)

To Be True
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
BBC	(favorable) ^[2]
Robert Christgau	B+ ^[3]

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

All tracks written by Gamble and Huff, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cabaret"	1:42
2.	"The Love I Lost"	6:24
3.	"It All Depends on You"	4:49
4.	"Concentrate on Me" (Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)	3:10
5.	"Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)"	3:28

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Is There a Place for Me" (Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)	6:56
7.	"I'm Weak for You" (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert)	6:51
8.	"I'm Comin' Home Tomorrow"	6:11

2010 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"The Love I Lost" (Part I - Single Version)	3:35
10.	"I'm Weak for You" (Part I - Single Version)	3:23

Personnel

Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, Lloyd Parks – vocals
MFSB – music

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak ^[4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	57
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[4]	US R&B ^[4]	UK ^[5]
1973	"The Love I Lost (Part 1)"	7	1	21
1974	"Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)"	58	6	32
1974	"I'm Weak for You"	—	87	—

References

↑ Unterberger, Richie. Black & the Blue review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
↑ Easlea, Daryl. "Black & Blue review". BBC Music. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Black and Blue review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
1 2 3 "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
↑ "UK Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-21.

External links

Black & Blue at Discogs (list of releases)

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Harold Melvin Bernard Williams Roosevelt Brodie Jesse Gillis, Jr. Franklin Peaker John Atkins Teddy Pendergrass Lawrence Brown Bernard Wilson Lloyd Parks Jerry Cummings Sharon Paige David Ebo Dwight Johnson William Spratelly Gil Saunders

Studio albums	I Miss You Black & Blue To Be True Wake Up Everybody Reaching for the World

Compilation albums	Collectors' Item: All Their Greatest Hits!

Singles	"If You Don't Know Me by Now" "The Love I Lost" "Bad Luck" "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" "Wake Up Everybody" "Don't Leave Me This Way"

Related articles	Discography Philadelphia International Records

Book:Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

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