Black & Blue (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)
# Black & Blue (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| BBC | (favorable) |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |

Black & Blue is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in September 1973. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

The album features the hit singles "The Love I Lost" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)". The B-side of "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Your Love Back)", "I'm Weak for You", also made the R&B chart.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Gamble and Huff, except where noted.

## Personnel

* Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, Lloyd Parks – vocals
* MFSB – music

## Charts

| Chart (1973) | Peak |
| - | - |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 57 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 5 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B | UK |
| 1973 | "The Love I Lost (Part 1)" | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 1974 | "Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)" | 58 | 6 | 32 |
| 1974 | "I'm Weak for You" | — | 87 | — |
