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{{Short description|Album by George Duke}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = I Love the Blues, <br>She Heard My Cry
| type         = Studio album
| artist       = [[George Duke]]
| cover        = I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 1975
| recorded     = 1975
| studio       = Paramount Recording Studios <small>([[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California)</small>
| genre        = [[Jazz fusion]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=40|s=43}}
| label        = {{hlist|[[MPS Records|MPS]]|[[BASF]]}}
| producer     = {{hlist|Baldhard G. Falk <small>([[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>|[[George Duke]]}}
| prev_title   = [[The Aura Will Prevail]]
| prev_year    = 1975
| next_title   = [[Liberated Fantasies]]
| next_year    = 1976
| misc         =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-love-the-blues-she-heard-my-cry-mw0000191761|title=I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry – George Duke|website=[[AllMusic]]|last=Henderson|first=Alex|accessdate=August 29, 2018}}</ref>
}}
'''''I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry''''' is the sixth studio album by American keyboardist [[George Duke]]. It was released in 1975 through [[MPS Records]]. Recording sessions for the album took place at Paramount Recording Studios in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California. The album features contributions from frequent collaborators [[Leon "Ndugu" Chancler]] on drums, [[Airto Moreira]] and [[Flora Purim]] with guest appearances by trombonist [[Bruce Fowler]], bassist [[Tom Fowler (musician)|Tom Fowler]], percussionists [[Ruth Underwood]] and [[Emil Richards]], guitarists [[Lee Ritenour|Lee Ritenhour]], [[Daryl Stuermer]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] and others musicians. This album is dedicated to the memory of the late [[Julian "Cannonball" Adderley]].
Duke used [[ARP Instruments|ARP]] and [[Moog synthesizer]]s, [[Rhodes electric piano]], [[Hohner]] [[clavinet]] and Mutron Phasers. For "Look into Her Eyes" and "That's What She Said", Brazilian musician Aitro Moreira played [[bongo drum]]s, [[tambourine]], [[berimbau]], [[Bell|horse bell]], [[Cabasa|gourd cabasa]] and other percussion instruments.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 169 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and at number 36 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart.
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Chariot
| length1 = 3:01
| writer1 = [[George Duke]]
| title2 = Look into Her Eyes
| length2 = 3:26
| writer2 = George Duke
| title3 = Sister Serene
| length3 = 4:34
| writer3 = [[Leon "Ndugu" Chancler|Leon Chancler]]
| title4 = That's What She Said
| length4 = 4:31
| writer4 = George Duke
| title5 = Mashayu
| length5 = 1:51
| writer5 = [[Emil Richards]]
| title6 = Rokkinrowl, I Don't Know
| length6 = 3:28
| writer6 = George Duke
| title7 = Prepare Yourself
| length7 = 5:29
| writer7 = George Duke
| title8 = Giant Child Within Us – Ego
| length8 = 6:39
| writer8 = George Duke
| title9 = Someday
| length9 = 2:41
| writer9 = George Duke
| title10 = I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry
| note10 = featuring [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]]
| length10 = 5:28
| writer10 = George Duke
| total_length = 40:43
}}
== Personnel ==
* [[George Duke]] – synthesizer, Mutron Phasers, [[Rhodes electric piano]], [[clavinet]], vocals <small>(tracks: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10)</small>, producer
* [[Flora Purim]] – vocals <small>(track 2)</small>
* John Watson – vocals & guitar <small>(track 10)</small>
* [[Lee Ritenour]] – guitar <small>(tracks: 1, 6)</small>
* George Johnson – guitar <small>(tracks: 2, 7, 8)</small>
* [[Daryl Stuermer]] – guitar <small>(track 4)</small>
* Byron Lee Miller – [[Bass (sound)|bass]] <small>(tracks: 2–4, 7)</small>, guitar <small>(track 4)</small>
* [[Tom Fowler (musician)|Tom Fowler]] – [[Bass (sound)|bass]] <small>(tracks: 1, 6)</small>
* [[Leon "Ndugu" Chancler]] – drums <small>(tracks: 1–4, 6–9)</small>, [[gong]] <small>(track 8)</small>, backing vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
* [[Airto Moreira]] – percussion <small>(tracks: 2, 4)</small>
* [[Emil Richards]] – [[marimba]] <small>(track 4)</small>, percussion <small>(track 5)</small>
* [[Ruth Underwood]] – [[marimba]] & [[gong]] <small>(track 8)</small>
* John Wittenberg – violin <small>(tracks: 4, 8)</small>
* [[Bruce Fowler]] – trombone <small>(track 8)</small>
* Janet Ferguson Hoff – backing vocals <small>(track 6)</small>
* Pat Norris – backing vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
* Debra Fay – backing vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
* Chris Norris – backing vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
* Donna Correa – backing vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
* Larry Robinson – backing vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
* Roger Dollarhide – backing vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
* Kerry McNabb – [[Recording engineer|recording]]
* Baldhard G. Falk – artwork, photography, executive producer
== Chart history ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Chart (1975)
! scope="col" |Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|169|artist=George Duke|accessdate=August 29, 2018}}
|-
! scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|36|artist=George Duke|accessdate=August 29, 2018}}
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|122797|I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry}}
* [https://www.georgeduke.com/1970s.html George Duke's 1970s discography on his website]
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-love-the-blues-she-heard-me-cry/985983106 I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry by George Duke] on [[iTunes]]
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