Tell It Like It Is (George Benson album)
Tell It Like It Is is the seventh album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the A&M label.

Reception
The Allmusic review states "Benson manages to transcend the blasting Latin-percussion-spiced production, the tight time limits, and all with often brilliantly tasty guitar fills and brief solos in many styles and three reverb-heavy vocals".

Track listing
 "Soul Limbo" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) – 3:25
 "Are You Happy" (Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble) – 2:27 
 "Tell It Like It Is" (George Davis, Lee Diamond) – 2:51
 "Land of 1000 Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 2:48
 "Jackie, All" (Eumir Deodato) – 2:14 
 "Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya" (Rudy Stevenson) – 3:16 
 "Water Brother" (Don Sebesky) – 2:09
 "My Woman's Good to Me" (Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton) – 3:14 
 "Jama Joe" (George Benson) – 3:49 
 "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 3:28 
 "Out in the Cold Again" (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom) – 2:41

Personnel
George Benson – guitar, vocals
Lew Soloff – trumpet
Arthur Clarke (tracks 1–5), Bob Porcelli (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Hubert Laws (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1–5, 8, 10 & 11), Joe Farrell (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Joe Henderson (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Sonny Fortune (tracks 1–5) – saxophone
Rodgers Grant (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Richard Tee (tracks 1–5, 8, 10 & 11) – piano
Bob Bushnell (tracks 1–5), Jerry Jemmott (tracks 1–7 & 9), Jim Fielder (tracks 8, 10 & 11) – bass guitar 
Leo Morris – drums
Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco – percussion
Marty Sheller – arranger, conductor
Technical
Pete Turner – photography

References

CTI Records albums
George Benson albums
1969 albums
Albums produced by Creed Taylor
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio