B.B. King

This isn't just B.B. King's best album in years, it's one of the strongest studio sets of his
career, standing alongside classics such as Singin' the Blues and Lucille. Where those early
titles highlighted his youthful, wailing vocals and stinging guitar, this one plays to King's
current strengths: the tear-stained vibrato of his mature voice, punctuated by raunchy
licks. For too long, King has drowned in slick production, propped up by stiff du... More >