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Lovejoy is a studio album by Albert King, released in 1971.[7]

Lovejoy
Studio album by Albert King
Released	July 1971
Recorded	December 1970 - January 1971
Studio	Skyhill Studios, Hollywood Hills, California Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama[1]
Genre	Blues
Length	36:23
Label	Stax[2]
Producer	Don Nix
Albert King chronology
Blues for Elvis – King Does the King's Things (1970) Lovejoy (1971) I'll Play the Blues for You (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

The album peaked at No. 188 on the Billboard 200.[8]

Production

The album was produced by Don Nix, who also penned some of the songs.[9] "Lovejoy, Ill." is about Brooklyn, Illinois, which is nicknamed Lovejoy, after Elijah P. Lovejoy.[10] King got his start in Lovejoy.

Track listing

1. "Honky Tonk Woman" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
2. "Bay Area Blues" (Donald "Duck" Dunn, Don Nix) – 2:55
3. "Corrina, Corrina" (Don Nix) – 3:45
4. "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" (Taj Mahal, James Rachell) – 3:56
5. "For the Love of a Woman" (Don Nix) – 4:20
6. "Lovejoy, III." (Don Nix) – 3:46
7. "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (Don Nix) – 4:20
8. "Going Back to Iuka" (Don Nix) – 3:58
9. "Like a Road Leading Home" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 5:24

Personnel

• Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
• Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
• Tippy Armstrong – guitar
• Wayne Perkins – guitar
• John Gallie – keyboards
• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• Donald Dunn – bass guitar
• David Hood – bass guitar
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Roger Hawkins – drums
• Sandy Konikoff – percussion
• Jeanie Green – backing vocals
• The Mount Zion Singers – backing vocals

Technical

• Larry Hamby, Marlin Greene, Peter Nicholls, Steve Smith - engineer
• John Fry - remix engineer
• Joel Brodsky - photography

References

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