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Шаблон:Infobox album Black Magic is a studio album by Chicago blues musician Magic Sam. Delmark Records released it under the name of "Magic Sam Blues Band" in November 1969, shortly before his death.[1] The album was a follow-up to Magic Sam's highly influential studio debut, West Side Soul (1968), and also includes a mix of originals with songs written by his contemporaries.

Critical reception

Шаблон:Album ratings Bill Dahl, in a retrospective review for AllMusic, gave the album its highest ratingШаблон:Sndfive out of five stars. He called it "another instant classic" and noted some R&B-style influenced songs.[2]

Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft commented that the album, along with West Side Soul, "brought unanimous praise from the critics. Today [1996], they are considered classics of the Chicago blues".[3]

In 1990, Black Magic was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as a classic of blues recording. The induction statement includes: Шаблон:Blockquote

Track listing

Side A

  1. "I Just Want a Little Bit"[4] – 3:03
  2. "What Have I Done Wrong" – 3:10
  3. "Easy, Baby"[5] – 3:54
  4. "You Belong to Me" – 4:05
  5. "It's All Your Fault"[6] – 4:50

Side B

  1. "I Have the Same Old Blues"[7] – 3:32
  2. "You Don't Love Me Baby"[8] – 3:29
  3. "San-Ho-Zay"[9] – 3:53
  4. "Stop! You're Hurting Me" – 4:47
  5. "Keep Loving Me Baby"[10]– 3:30

Personnel

References

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  1. Шаблон:Cite AV media notes
  2. Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
  3. Шаблон:Cite encyclopedia
  4. Rosco Gordon wrote and recorded "Just a Little Bit" in 1959.
  5. Magic Sam first recorded the Willie Dixon composition "Easy Baby" for Cobra Records in 1958.
  6. Lowell Fulson is credited with "It's All Your Fault" on Magic Sam's Rockin' Wild in Chicago album (2002).
  7. Little Milton wrote and recorded "Same Old Blues" for Bobbin Records in 1959, with an additional credit for Oliver Sain.
  8. Willie Cobbs recorded "You Don't Love Me" in 1960, which was adapted from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "She's Fine, She's Mine".
  9. Freddie King wrote and recorded the guitar instrumental "San-Ho-Say" in 1961.
  10. Otis Rush wrote and recorded "Keep On Loving Me Baby" in 1958.