Blues for We
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Blues for We
| type = studio
| artist = Mel Brown
| cover = Blues for We.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1969
| recorded = March 3, 1969
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Blues
| length =
| label = Impulse!
| producer = Bob Thiele
| chronology = Mel Brown
| prev_title = The Wizard
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = I'd Rather Suck My Thumb
| next_year = 1969
}}
Blues for We is the third album by American blues guitarist Mel Brown recorded in 1969 for the Impulse! label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9180 Impulse! Records discography] accessed April 15, 2011
Reception
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 2½ stars stating "The title notwithstanding, Blues for We largely abandons all pretense of conventional blues idioms to couch Brown in a series of soul-jazz contexts that draw heavily on mainstream R&B formulas; the problem is the material, which spans from avant-garde jazz to bubblegum pop and stretches even a player of Brown's considerable range far past the point of no return. Sometimes a record can be too ambitious for its own good, and the reach of Blues for We definitely exceeds its grasp – given the choice to pursue any number of directions, Brown sets off in all of them, and loses himself in the process".Ankeny, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-for-we-r135914 Allmusic Review] accessed April 15, 2011
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
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Track listing
:All compositions by Mel Brown except as indicated
- "Twist & Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell)
- "Blues For We"
- "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "Son of a Preacher Man (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins)
- "Set Me Free"
- "Freaky Zeke"
- "Indian Giver"
- "Stranger on the Shore" (Acker Bilk)
- Recorded in Los Angeles, California on March 3, 1969
Personnel
- Mel Brown – guitar, vocals
- Abraham Miller – drums
- Artie Butler – arranger, conductor
- Unidentified horns and strings
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Category:Impulse! Records albums