Concerto in "B Goode"
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| Concerto in "B Goode" | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | June 1969[1] |
| Genre | Rock and roll |
| Length | 34:33 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Producer | Chuck Berry |
| Chuck Berry chronology | |
| Singles from Concerto in "B Goode | |
| |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStar [2] |
| DownBeat | StarStarHalf star[3] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) [4] |
Concerto in "B Goode" is the thirteenth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1969 by Mercury Records. The title song is an extended instrumental interpolation of a wide range of themes pioneered in Berry's classic 1957-62 period, running approximately 18 minutes and taking up the entire second side of the record; this is Berry embracing the emerging preference in the rock genre for extended numbers. The title refers to Berry's semi-autobiographical song "Johnny B. Goode."
In his Rolling Stone review, Lester Bangs hailed this as a real return to form: "The Master is back again, and this time he has come up with a record worthy of his reputation."[4]
This was the last album from Berry's brief association with Mercury. The next year, he moved back to Chess Records, for which his earlier recordings had been made.
Track listing
[edit ]All tracks are written by Chuck Berry.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Good Looking Woman" | 2:16 |
| 2. | "My Woman" | 4:50 |
| 3. | "It's Too Dark In There" | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Put Her Down" | 4:57 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Concerto in B. Goode" | 18:40 |
| Total length: | 34:33 | |
Personnel
[edit ]Musicians
[edit ]- Chuck Berry – guitar, vocals
- Kermit Eugene Cooley – bass guitar
- Dale Grischer – drums
- Billy Peek – guitar, harmonica, keyboard, tambourine
Technical
[edit ]- Chuck Berry – producer
- Dennis Drake – mastering
- Richard Lochte – liner notes
References
[edit ]- ^ Pegg, Bruce (2013). Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry. Routledge. p. 187.
- ^ "AllMusic Review - Concerto in "B Goode". AllMusic . Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ Down Beat: January 8, 1970 vol. 37, no. 1. Review by Harvey Pekar.
- ^ a b Bangs, Lester (August 9, 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone . No. 39. San Francisco. p. 37. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
External links
[edit ]- Concerto in "B Goode" at Discogs (list of releases)
