Come One, Come All is the second album by the American jump blues band Mighty Blue Kings, released in 1997.[2][3]

The album peaked at No. 10 on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart.[4] The band supported the album by touring with the Reverend Horton Heat and Face to Face.[5][6]

Production

The album was produced by the band.[7] It includes covers of songs by Louis Jordan, Joe Liggins, and Percy Mayfield, among others.[8][9] Six of the 12 tracks are originals by the band.[10] Mighty Blue Kings dropped two members prior to the recording sessions for the album.[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
The Indianapolis Star	[13]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[7]
The Plain Dealer	A[14]

The Washington Post wrote that "the blues ballads suffer by comparison—seasoning counts for something, after all—but even the album's weakest tracks attest to the band's obvious devotion and good taste."[8] The A.V. Club noted that the album "sticks to a relatively rigid Chicago-blues template."[15] The Orange County Register deemed the album more polished than the debut, and concluded that "rockabilly is as revered as rabble-rousing swing, but barrel-throated vocalist Ross Bon finely fuses the two with a little crooning here, a lot of hollering there."[16]

The Chicago Tribune thought that "lead vocalist Ross Bon has developed into a self-assured recording artist, his warm baritone, sleek phrasing and distinctive lyric reading giving the band—and this recording—its focus and identity."[17] The Indianapolis Star determined that Come One, Come All "swings and sways and rocks with a sound that's both true to its World War II-era roots and the need to be contemporary."[13] The Plain Dealer praised the "original vision of jazzy, dance-oriented rhythm and blues and jump."[14]

AllMusic wrote that the album "still sounds a little stiff compared to classic jump blues, but it's still an entertaining record."[12]

Track listing

References