Bobby Bland Discography
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 Bobby Blue BlandBlues at Midnight Release Date 2003 03 11 Label Malaco Rating:  In several important respects, Blues at Midnight is what an album by a major septuagenarian blues singer should be. The production is straight-ahead and dignified, and very much in Bland's time-honored tributary about halfway between blues and soul, with plenty of organ and some brass. The songs are a little on the generic side, but they're suitable, lightly melancholy vehicles for Bland's subdued persona. While Bobby's voice sounds thinner and more weathered than it did several decades previously, as could be expected from a 73-year-old, it's still in decent, expressive shape. Where this disc falls down is in the repeated insertions of Bland's trademark tic: a full-on snort, just as blatant as someone gauchely imitating a heavy snorer. That might seem like a small thing to pick on, but if this were anyone other than Bland, no one would have allowed any of those irritating snorts on the record, let alone dozens of them. It's an unfortunate blemish on what's otherwise a reasonably respectable session, which leans toward the side of the blues repertoire that's sadder, winding down toward after hours. Richie Unterberger, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Where Do I Go from Here | Knight | 6:24 |
| 2 | I Caught the Blues from Someone Else | Jackson | 4:30 |
| 3 | You Hit the Nail on the Head | Johnson, Mosley | 5:46 |
| 4 | I've Got the Blues at Midnight | Calloway, Davis | 4:13 |
| 5 | Baby What's Wrong With You | Johnson, Traditional, Mosley | 5:19 |
| 6 | What a Wonderful World | Douglas, Thiele, Weiss | 3:14 |
| 7 | My Sunday's Comin' Soon | Addison | 4:12 |
| 8 | This Man-Woman Thing | Tyler, Tweed | 4:32 |
| 9 | Only Thing Missing Is You | Addison | 5:35 |
| 10 | I'm a Blues Man | Shamwell, Godbold, Prestage | 6:45 |
| 11 | Ghetto Nights | Addison | 8:11 |
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