Here's the Man!!! is the second studio album by Bobby Bland, released in 1962. It was issued in standard mono, as well true stereo and was the first Duke album issued in the stereo format. Even though the previous album, Two Steps from the Blues remains available on CD, this album hasn't been available in its entirety since 1988. The album reached No. 53 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.

Production

The songs were arranged by band leader Joe Scott.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Bland displays his vocal power throughout Here's the Man! using his volcanic, guttural delivery to easily work through Joe Scott's galvanizing arrangements, especially on 'Twistin' up the Road' and 'Turn on Your Love Light'." Billboard called Here's the Man! a "fine album ... which shows off [Bland's] stylish vocal treatments." In an appreciation published after Bland's death, Texas Monthly wrote: "Blues could be orchestral, blues could be lush, blues could sound as urbane as it wanted to sound." The album was a 2024 inductee to the Blues Hall of Fame.

Track listing

Personnel