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

Black & Blue
Studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Released	September 1973
Recorded	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	R&B
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]
Robert Christgau	B+ [3]

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.

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 in 2010 by Big Break Records with two bonus tracks, the single versions of "The Love I Lost" and "I'm Weak for You".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gamble and Huff, except where noted. 

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cabaret"	1:42
2.	"The Love I Lost"	6:24
3.	"It All Depends on You"	4:49
4.	"Concentrate on Me" (Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)	3:10
5.	"Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)"	3:28

Side two
No.	Title	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 1)" (single version)	3:35
10.	"I'm Weak for You" (single version)	3:23

Personnel

• Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, Lloyd Parks – vocals
• MFSB – music

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak [4]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	57
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US [4]	US R&B [4]	UK [5]
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. "Black and Blue review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
4. "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
5. "UK Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-04-21.

External links

• Black & Blue at Discogs