I'll Play the Blues for You explained

I'll Play the Blues for You
Type:	Album
Artist:	Albert King
Cover:	IllPlayTheBluesForYou.jpg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	1972 in Memphis, Tennessee
Genre:	Soul blues, Blues
Length:	39:44
Label:	Stax
Producer:	Allen Jones, Henry Bush
Prev Title:	Lovejoy
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Blues at Sunset
Next Year:	1973

I'll Play the Blues for You is the seventh studio album by American blues guitarist Albert King released in 1972.

In 2017, the single version of the title track was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame.^[1]

Track listing

1. "I'll Play the Blues for You, Pts. 1-2" (Jerry Beach) – 7:20
2. "Little Brother (Make a Way)" (Henry Bush, Marshall Jones, Carl Smith) – 2:49
3. "Breaking up Somebody's Home" (Al Jackson Jr., Timothy Matthews) – 7:19
4. "High Cost of Loving" (Sherwin Hamlett, Allen A. Jones) – 2:56
5. "I'll Be Doggone" (Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin) – 5:41
6. "Answer to the Laundromat Blues" (Albert King) – 4:37
7. "Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Wanna Come Back Across)" (Allen A. Jones, Carl Wells) – 5:07
8. "Angel of Mercy" (Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson) – 4:20

Bonus tracks 'Stax Remasters 2012' (previously unreleased)

9. "I'll Play the Blues for You" (alternate version) – 8:44
10. "Don't Burn Down the Bridge ('Cause You Might Want To Come Back Across)" (alternate version) – 5:13
11. "I Need a Love" – 4:29
12. "Albert's Stomp" – 2:18

Personnel

• Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
• The Memphis Horns – horns
• The Bar-Kays & The Movement – rhythm section^[2]
• Allen Jones - arrangements, producer
• Henry Bush - arrangements, engineer, producer
• Bernard Nagler - photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: BLUES HALL OF FAME - ABOUT/Inductions - Blues Foundation. Blues.org. January 21, 2018.
2. Web site: I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King | Credits. May 23, 2021. AllMusic.