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Help Me Make It Through the Night is the twelfth album led by saxophonist Hank Crawford and his first released on the Kudu label in 1972.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This 1972 set by Crawford is an exemplary portrait of his movin' and groovin' style".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson) - 5:40
2. "Brian's Song" (Michel Legrand) - 3:25
3. "Uncle Funky" (Hank Crawford) - 5:32
4. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (John Moon Elliott, Inez James) - 2:48
5. "Go Away Little Girl" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 4:20
6. "Imagine" (John Lennon) - 4:05
7. "Ham" (Pee Wee Ellis) - 3:07
8. "The Sun Died" (Hubert Giraud, Pierre Delanoë, Ray Charles, Ann Gregory) - 4:05

Personnel

• Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
• Al DeRisi, Snooky Young - trumpet (track 7)
• Wayne Andre - trombone (track 7)
• Grover Washington, Jr. - tenor saxophone (track 7)
• Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (track 7)
• Richard Tee - piano, electric piano, organ
• Cornell Dupree (tracks 1-6 & 8), Eric Gale (track 7) - electric guitar
• Ron Carter - bass, electric bass
• Phil Kraus - vibraphone (tracks 1, 4 & 5)
• Idris Muhammad (track 7), Bernard Purdie (tracks 1-6 & 8) - drums
• Airto Moreira - percussion (track 7)
• Bernard Eichen, Felix Giglio, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Gene Orloff, Max Polikoff, Rlliot Rosoff - violin (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Alfred Brown, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi - viola (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Charles McCracken, George Ricci - cello (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Pee Wee Ellis (track 7), Don Sebesky (tracks 1-6 & 8) - arranger, conductor

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