Blue Mode

{{Infobox album|

| name = Blue Mode

| type = Album

| cover = Blue Mode.jpg

| released = July 1970[https://books.google.com/books?id=dikEAAAAMBAJ&dq=reuben+wilson+blue+mode&pg=PA48 Billboard July 25, 1970]

| recorded = December 12, 1969

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Soul jazz

| length = 41:34

| label = Blue Note
BST 84343

| producer = Francis Wolff

| chronology = Reuben Wilson

| prev_title = Love Bug

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = A Groovy Situation

| next_year = 1970

}}

Blue Mode is the third album by American organist Reuben Wilson recorded in 1969 and released by the Blue Note label the following year.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4300-series/#bst-84343 Blue Note Records discography] accessed December 1, 2010 The album was also released by Vee-Jay Records as Organ Talk in 1974.[https://www.bsnpubs.com/veejay/veejayjazz.html Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 3: Jazz Series (1959-1978)] accessed July 23, 2019[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Reuben_Wilson.htm Jazzlists: Reuben Wilson discography] accessed July 23, 2019

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "If Love Bug skirted the edges of free jazz and black power, Blue Mode embraces soul-jazz and Memphis funk in no uncertain terms... they know how to work a groove, and that's what makes Blue Mode a winner".Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=blue-mode-r207763|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed December 1, 2010

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

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