Albert King discography
Studio albums	15
Live albums	15
Compilation albums	22+
Singles	47

Albert King, one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, was one of the three so-called “Kings of the Blues”—the triumvirate of B. King, Freddie King, and himself. His style of single-string-bending intensity—the essence of blues guitar—is evident in the approaches of thousands of acolytes, including Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Eric Clapton. Total download size: 1.20GB Total play length: 34:39. Cover art included, liner notes not included. Albert King recorded a lot in the early '60s, including some classic sides, but they never quite hit the mark. They never gained a large audience, nor did they really capture the ferocity of his single-string leads.

Albert King (1923–1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer who was active from the late 1940s to 1992. During the earlier part of his career, he recorded several singles for smaller record labels. In 1966, he began an association with Stax Records, where he enjoyed his greatest commercial success with both singles and albums. After Stax's bankruptcy in 1975, King recorded for several smaller labels. Meanwhile, his former record companies issued a number of live recordings, compilations, and re-packaged material. This trend accelerated after King's death in 1992, resulting in some charting releases as well as the inevitable redundancies.

Albums 1962–1992[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Year	Title	Label	Peak chart position
Year	Title	Label	R&B	US
1969	Years Gone By	Stax STS-2010	133
1969	Jammed Together(with Steve Cropper & Pops Staples)	Stax STS-2020	171
1970	Blues for Elvis - King Does the King's Things	Stax STS-2015
1971	Lovejoy	Stax STS-2040	29	188
1972	I'll Play the Blues for You	Stax STS-3009	11	140
1974	I Wanna Get Funky	Stax STS-5505	37
1976	Truckload of Lovin'	Utopia BUL 1-1387^[1]	26	166
1976	Albert	Utopia BUL 1-1731^[2]	54
1977	King Albert	Tomato TOM-6002
1977	The Pinch,^[3] later re-released as The Blues Don't Change^[4]	Stax STX-4101
1978	New Orleans Heat	Tomato TOM-7022	74
1983	San Francisco '83^[5]	Fantasy F-9627
1984	I'm in a Phone Booth, Baby	Fantasy F-9633^[6]
1986	The Lost Session (archive release)	Stax 8534
1992	Red House	Castle

Live albums[edit]

Year	Title	Label	Peak chart position
Year	Title	Label	R&B	US
1968	Live Wire/Blues Power	Stax STS-2003	40	150
1977	Live	Utopia CYL2-2205^[7]	182
1988^[8]	Blues at Sunrise	Stax 8546
1990^[9]	Wednesday Night in San Francisco	Stax 8556
1990^[10]	Thursday Night in San Francisco	Stax 8557

Compilation albums[edit]

Year	Title	Label	Peak chart position
Year	Title	Label	R&B	US
1962	The Big Blues	King852
1967	Born Under a Bad Sign	StaxS723
1969	King of the Blues Guitar	Atlantic 8213	194
1972	Wattstax: The Living Word(also various Stax performers)	Stax STS 2-3010
1974	Montreux Festival(also Chico Hamilton & Little Milton)	Stax STS-5520
1977	I'll Play the Blues for You(also John Lee Hooker)	Tomato 2696141
1979	Chronicle(also Little Milton)	Stax STX-4123
1982	Masterworks	Atlantic AD 2-4002
1986	The Best of Albert King	Stax 60-005
1989	Let's Have a Natural Ball	Modern Blues B0000023JA
1990	Door to Door(also Otis Rush, Otis Spann, B.B. King)	MCA/Chess LP-1538

Posthumous albums (since 1993)[edit]

Live albums[edit]

Year	Title	Label	Peak chart position Blues
1993	Blues at Sunset	Stax 8581
1994	Chicago 1978	Charly 754
1998	Rainin' in California	Wolf 120500
1999	In Session	Stax 7501	1
1999	Live in Canada	Charly 755
2001	The Godfather of the Blues: His Last European Tour	P-Vine
2003	Talkin' Blues	Thirsty Ear
2003	Live 69	Tomato
2003	Blues from the Road	Fuel 302 061 318 2
2014	Live in the '70s	Rockbeat ROC-CD-3245

Selected compilation albums[edit]

Numerous Albert King compilation albums issued by a number of record companies have been released over the years (allmusic shows over 100 compilations).^[11] The following lists some of the more notable and current releases:

Year	Title	Label
1993	The Ultimate Collection	Rhino 71268
1994	The Tomato Years	Rhino 71623
1994	Funky London	Stax 8586
1996	Hard Bargain	Stax 8594
1999	The Very Best of Albert King	Rhino 75703
2001	More Big Blues of Albert King	Ace 827
2002	Blue on Blues (also Freddie King)	Fuel 2000

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