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- Date Released: January 1, 1977
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Soul, Soul/R&B
- Label: Fantasy / Stax
Fiery classics from Stax's most consistent male hit-maker
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We Say...
In the wake of Otis Redding's death, gospel-rooted Johnnie Taylor — like Sam Cooke, a graduate of the fabled Soul Stirrers gospel group — became Stax's most consistent male hit-maker. Armed with a scalding scream and a clipped, throaty delivery, the Arkansas native scored a dozen Top 10 R&B hits from 1968 to 1975 with a left-right combination of alternately punchy (the crossover classic "Who's Makin' Love," "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" and "Hijackin' Love") and pained (the gimlet-eyed "Cheaper to Keep Her," "We're Getting Careless With Our Love") odes to infidelity that earned him the nickname of "the soul philosopher." They're all here, along with solid covers of the Parliaments' "Testify" and Jimmy Hughes' "Steal Away," the Bobby Bland-style blues of "Doing My Own Thing," and the Jesse Jackson-inspired, self-affirmation anthem, "I Am Somebody." The slinky arrangements are courtesy producer Don Davis, who later teamed with the now-deceased Taylor (1938-2000) for the pop smash "Disco Lady."
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They Say...
Johnnie Taylor's career covered enough ground (and enough different record labels) that trying to sum it up on a single disc would really take some doing, and Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits is not the CD designed to do that job. Despite the title, Chronicle is a collection focusing exclusively on Taylor's work for Stax, meaning his disco-funk material for Columbia (including his biggest chart hit, "Disco Lady") doesn't make the cut; neither do his late-period soul-blues recordings for Malaco, nor his early gospel material with the Highway Q.C.'s or the Soul Stirrers. But if you're looking for a single-disc anthology of Taylor's best stuff for Stax, this CD will give you what you need; it includes several late-'60s/early-'70s hits, including "Who's Makin' Love?," "Cheaper to Keep Her," and "Stop Doggin' Me," as well as a number of lesser-known classics that capture the gruff but heartfelt vocal style and "learned-it-the-hard-way" lyrical perspective that were the hallmarks of Taylor's work. Deciding which Johnnie Taylor collection to get is largely a matter of deciding which part of Taylor's career you're most interested in, but if you want a solid dose of his Southern soul sides for Stax, then Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits is just what you need.
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| 01. |  |
Who's Makin' Love |
2:49 |
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| 02. | |
Take Care of Your Homework |
2:41 |
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| 03. | |
Testify (I Wonna) |
4:06 |
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| 04. | |
I Could Never Be President |
2:18 |
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| 05. | |
Love Bones |
4:08 |
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| 06. | |
Steal Away |
3:30 |
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| 07. | |
I Am Somebody, Part I |
3:24 |
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| 08. | |
Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone |
3:02 |
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| 09. | |
I Don't Wanna Lose You |
4:04 |
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| 10. | |
Hijackin' Love |
3:20 |
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| 11. | |
Standing in for Jody |
4:02 |
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| 12. | |
Doing My Own Thing, Part I |
3:46 |
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| 13. | |
Stop Doggin' Me |
4:16 |
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| 14. | |
I Believe in You (You Believe in Me) |
5:09 |
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| 15. | |
Cheaper to Keep Her |
3:31 |
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| 16. | |
We're Getting Careless with Our Love |
4:04 |
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| 17. | |
I've Been Born Again |
3:22 |
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| 18. | |
It's September |
3:37 |
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| 19. | |
Try Me Tonight |
3:23 |
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| 20. | |
Just Keep on Lovin' Me |
2:39 |
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20 Total Tracks, 71:11 Total Length
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Credits
- Johnnie Taylor - Vocals // Johnnie Taylor - Main Performer // Terry Manning - Producer // Al Bell - Producer // Al Jackson, Jr. - Producer // Phil Bray - Photography // Krys Kleer - Design
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