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| Concerto in "B Goode" | ||||
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| Released | June 1969[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 34:33 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Chuck Berry | |||
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| Singles from Concerto in "B Goode | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) [3] |
Concerto in "B Goode" is the thirteenth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1969 by Mercury Records. The title song is an extended instrumental interpolation of a wide range of themes pioneered in Berry's classic 1957-62 period, running approximately 18 minutes and taking up the entire second side of the record; this is Berry embracing the emerging preference in the rock genre for extended numbers. The title refers to Berry's semi-autobiographical song "Johnny B. Goode."
In his Rolling Stone review, Lester Bangs hailed this as a real return to form: "The Master is back again, and this time he has come up with a record worthy of his reputation."[3]
This was the last album from Berry's brief association with Mercury. The next year, he moved back to Chess Records, for which his earlier recordings had been made.
- ^ Pegg, Bruce (2013). Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry. Routledge. p. 187.
- ^ "AllMusic Review - Concerto in "B Goode". Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ a b Bangs, Lester (9 August 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone (39). San Francisco: 37. Retrieved 1 October 2015.