Tell It Like It Is (George Benson album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Tell It Like It Is
| type = Album
| artist = George Benson
| cover = Tell It Like It Is (George Benson album).jpg
| alt =
| released = Mid/End of July 1969[https://books.google.com/books?id=jSgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Tell+It+Like+It+Is+benson+3020&pg=PA68 Billboard Aug 9, 1969]
| recorded = April 29, 1969 (#6–7, 9)
May 16, 1969 (#1–5)
May 20, 1969 (#8, 10–11)
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 32:27
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = George Benson
| prev_title = Goodies
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = The Other Side of Abbey Road
| next_year = 1970
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tell It Like It Is
| type = Studio album
| single1 = My Woman's Good to Me
| single1date = 1969
}}
}}
Tell It Like It Is is the seventh album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the A&M label.[http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid3k.htm#tellitlikeitis CTI Records discography] accessed February 16, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic review states "Benson manages to transcend the blasting Latin-percussion-spiced production, the tight time limits, and all with often brilliantly tasty guitar fills and brief solos in many styles and three reverb-heavy vocals".Ginell, R. S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/tell-it-like-it-is-r30395 Allmusic Review] accessed February 16, 2012
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
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Track listing
- "Soul Limbo" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) – 3:25
- "Are You Happy" (Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble) – 2:27
- "Tell It Like It Is" (George Davis, Lee Diamond) – 2:51
- "Land of 1000 Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 2:48
- "Jackie, All" (Eumir Deodato) – 2:14
- "Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya" (Rudy Stevenson) – 3:16
- "Water Brother" (Don Sebesky) – 2:09
- "My Woman's Good to Me" (Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton) – 3:14
- "Jama Joe" (George Benson) – 3:49
- "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 3:28
- "Out in the Cold Again" (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom) – 2:41
Personnel
- George Benson – guitar, vocals
- Lew Soloff – trumpet
- Arthur Clarke (tracks 1–5), Bob Porcelli (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Hubert Laws (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1–5, 8, 10 & 11), Joe Farrell (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Joe Henderson (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Sonny Fortune (tracks 1–5) – saxophone
- Rodgers Grant (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Richard Tee (tracks 1–5, 8, 10 & 11) – piano
- Bob Bushnell (tracks 1–5), Jerry Jemmott (tracks 1–7 & 9), Jim Fielder (tracks 8, 10 & 11) – bass guitar
- Leo Morris – drums
- Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco – percussion
- Marty Sheller – arranger, conductor
;Technical
- Pete Turner – photography