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

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.

Black & Blue
Studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Released	September 1973
Recorded	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	R&B, Philly soul
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]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[3]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[4]

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 are written by Gamble and Huff, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cabaret"	Kander and Ebb	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 Take Your Love Back)"	K. Gamble, L. Huff	3:28

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Is There a Place for Me"	Huff, McFadden, Whitehead	6:56
7.	"I'm Weak for You"	Gamble, 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 [5]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	57
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	5

Singles

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

References

1. Unterberger, Richie. Black & the Blue review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
2. Easlea, Daryl. "Black & Blue review". BBC Music. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
5. "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
6. "UK Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-21.

External links

• Black & Blue at Discogs (list of releases)