One Kind Favor
| BB King
One Kind Favor
One Kind Favor is B.B. King's 42nd and final studio album. Produced by T Bone Burnett, it was released on August 26, 2008 by Geffen Records. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
This isn’t just B.B. King’s best album in years, it’s one of the strongest studio sets of his career, standing alongside classics such as Singin’ the Blues and Lucille.
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All Music
Even if King winds up returning to his familiar slick, star-studded sound somewhere down the line, having an album as earthily elegant as One Kind Favor in his canon provides a fitting coda for one of the great musical careers of the 20th century.
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Paste Magazine
The record is awash in poignancy, radiating from the deeply felt guitar and vocal performances of the 83-year-old King and his supporting band.
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All About Jazz
With this release, the King of Blues has done his fans One Kind Favor.
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The New Yorker
All in all, it’s a bracing, gratifying reminder of why King is in the pantheon.
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Blinded by Sound
The last King of The Blues has made one of the finest records of his distinguished reign.
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Vintage Rock
[King] truly is on top of the world.
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The Music Box
His performance exudes the determination of a survivor, which, of course, is exactly what King has become.
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Something Else Reviews
B.B. King left us with one last reminder of his greatness in 2008’s One Kind Favor.
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30 Days Out
One Kind Favor is an essential addition to any serious collection of American music. Highly recommended.
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NPR
King shows stately vigor on One Kind Favor.
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The Epoch Times
For 82 old, B.B. King is still on top of his game.
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Brief and to the Point
B.B. King's Indian summer masterpiece.
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Blues and Music News
Even though B.B. has left us to soon, knowing that he may be somewhere in this state, peaceful, serene, it brings me just a little bit of joy.
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Blue Grass Special
Completely well and energized, singing with a fervor befitting a man 20 years or so younger, crooning and growling his way through blues ballads and jump blues workouts with age defying intensity.
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Bourbon and Vinyl
It’s the perfect send off for the man, the myth, the legend.
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STL Blues
The CD was pretty good, not great.
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Wildy's World
It might just be the best album of the year.
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