Bland's first album for ABC-Dunhill was aptly titled. The players were the cream of the Los Angeles session scene (particularly bassist Wilton Felder and guitarist Larry Carlton),and backup singer Ginger Blake was a member of the legendary Brian Wilson-produced girl group the Honeys. Fortunately, all of them proved thoroughly sympathetic to Bland's brand of down-home blues, and the resulting album is neither overproduced nor slick. On the contrary, 'His California Album' has a nice, late-night feel reminiscent of B.B. King's 'The Thrill Is Gone'.
01 This time i'm gone for good - 3:36 02 Up and down world - 3:36 03 It's not the spotlight - 3:56 04 (if loving you is wrong) i don't want to be right - 3:55 05 Goin' down slow - 5:37 06 The right place at the right time - 3:00 07 Help me through the day - 3:54 08 Where my baby went - 3:22 09 Friday the 13th child - 3:17 10 I've got to use my imagination - 4:14