- blues, blues rock, blues-rock
- 62 min
- 12 tracks
- Reprise Records
Riding with the King is a collaborative album by B.B. King and Eric Clapton that was released in 2000. It was their first collaborative album and won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. The album reached number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums and was certified 2× Platinum in the United States. Riding with the King was also released on a DVD-Audio in higher resolution and with a 5.1 surround sound mix in 2000.
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Grave, classical in form, spare and character-led.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Spokesman-ReviewMixed
- The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings3/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Riding With the King4:42
- 2Ten Long Years4:55
- 3Key to the Highway3:40
- 4Marry You4:60
- 5Three O’Clock Blues8:37
- 6Help the Poor5:07
- 7I Wanna Be4:46
- 8Worried Life Blues4:26
- 9Days of Old3:00
- 10When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer7:10
- 11Hold On I’m Coming6:20
- 12Come Rain or Come Shine4:33
12 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- B.B. King, Eric Clapton
- Label
- Reprise Records
- Released
- 2000
- Type
- Album
- Format
- DTS CD
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