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- Date Released: March 12, 1996
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: (P) 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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The 16-track Rated X-Traordinaire sets out to rescue the reputation of the Johnnie Taylor of 1976-1980, the period that began with his biggest smash, "Disco Lady," but that found him, so the conventional wisdom goes, a Southern soul man set adrift on the disco wave. Annotator Kalamu Ya Salaam argues that "Disco Lady" is not a disco song, and backs this up by noting that the track actually was played by members of Parliament-Funkadelic. True enough, though that only applies to Taylor's debut Columbia album, Eargasm. Elsewhere, Taylor did drift, from Muscle Shoals tracks that updated his Stax Memphis sound to tracks that sounded like Marvin Gaye. The early years, 1976 and 1977, were more accomplished than the later ones, and that's where compilation producer Leo Sacks focuses, with 12 of the 16 tracks coming from then. In so doing, he ignores R&B chart singles like "Keep on Dancing" and "Ever Ready," but he satisfies the "best-of" title.
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Disco Lady |
4:28 |
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| 02. | |
Somebody's Gettin' It |
4:01 |
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| 03. | |
You're The Best In The World |
3:18 |
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| 04. | |
Running Out Of Lies |
4:52 |
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| 05. | |
Your Love Is Rated X |
4:11 |
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| 06. | |
Stop Giving People Hard Luck Stories |
3:50 |
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| 07. | |
I'm Just A Shoulder To Cry On |
4:42 |
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| 08. | |
Love Is Better In The A.M. (Part 1 & 2) |
5:07 |
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| 09. | |
Disco 9000 |
4:31 |
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| 10. | |
Right Now |
3:20 |
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| 11. | |
Give Me My Baby |
3:46 |
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| 12. | |
Play Something Pretty |
4:04 |
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| 13. | |
(Ooh-Wee) She's Killing Me |
3:47 |
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| 14. | |
Love Account |
4:54 |
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| 15. | |
Just A Happy Song |
4:43 |
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| 16. | |
God Is Standing By |
4:25 |
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16 Total Tracks, 67:59 Total Length
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Credits
- Enchantment - Vocals (Background) // Johnnie Taylor - Guitar // Johnnie Taylor - Producer // Johnnie Taylor - Main Performer // Johnny Griffith - Keyboards // Wade Marcus - Arranger // Bobbye Hall - Drums // Bobbye Hall - Executive Producer // Richard Allen - Percussion // Richard Allen - Drums // Tippy Armstrong - Guitar // Carl Austin - Strings // Carl Austin - Horn // Jackie Avery - Keyboards // Barry Beckett - Keyboards // Ken Bell - Guitar // Vassal Benford - Keyboards // Pete Bishop - Engineer // Adam Block - Series Director // Bootsy Collins - Bass // Bootsy Collins - Bass // Lorenzo Brown - Percussion // Lorenzo Brown - Drums // Roger Clark - Percussion // Roger Clark - Drums // Gregg Coles - Bass // Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - Percussion // Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - Drums // Don Davis - Guitar // Don Davis - Arranger // Don Davis - Producer // Don Davis - Engineer // Donna Davis - Vocals (Background) // Quentin Dennard - Percussion // Quentin Dennard - Drums // Quintin Denard - Percussion // Quintin Denard - Drums // Cynthia Douglas - Vocals (Background) // Reginald Dozier - Engineer // Rob Eaton - Vocals (Background) // Glen Goins - Guitar // Jay Graydon - Guitar // Ed Greene - Percussion // Ed Greene - Drums // Melvin Griffin - Keyboards // Leroy Hadley - Guitar // Willie Hampton - Guitar // Roger Hawkins - Percussion // Roger Hawkins - Drums // Michael Henderson - Bass // Tim Henson - Keyboards // David Hood - Bass // Clayton Ivey - Keyboards // James Jamerson, Jr. - Bass // James Jamerson - Bass // Jimmy Johnson - Guitar // Jerry Jones - Percussion // Jerry Jones - Drums // Bert Keyes - Arranger // Lee Marcus - Percussion // Lee Marcus - Drums // Jerry Masters - Engineer // Bruce Miller - Vocal Arrangement // Steve Moore - Engineer // Bruce Nazarian - Guitar // Bob Ray - Bass // Rudy Robinson - Arranger // Rudy Robinson - Keyboards // George Roundtree - Keyboards // Sonny Sanders - Arranger // Ken Sands - Engineer // Brad Shapiro - Producer // Gary Shider - Guitar // Allen Sides - Engineer // Zackery Slater - Percussion // Zackery Slater - Drums // Don Smith - Engineer // Emmett Smith - Guitar // David Van De Pitte - Arranger // Pamela Vincent - Vocals (Background) // Jim Vitti - Engineer // Frank Wess - Flute // Frank Wess - Flute // Frank Wess - Flute // Fred Wesley - Strings // Fred Wesley - Arranger // Fred Wesley - Horn // Anthony Willis - Bass // Eddie Willis - Guitar // Terry Woodford - Engineer // Diane Davis - Vocals (Background) // Leo Sacks - Producer // Leo Sacks - Compilation // Leo Sacks - Compilation Producer // Christopher Banninger - Engineer // Sonny Burke - Keyboards // Bobby Jackson - Guitar // Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns - Strings // Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns - Horn // Tom "Curly" Ruff - Digital Remastering // Tony Sellari - Artwork // Tony Sellari - Art Direction // Gina Campanaro - Packaging Manager // William "Bootsy" Collins - Bass // Johnny Soul - Percussion // Johnny Soul - Drums // Arthur Franklin - Bass // Eli Fountaine - Sax (Alto) // Johnny Taylor - Guitar // Johnny Taylor - Arranger // Johnny Taylor - Producer // Carl Smith - Percussion // Carl Smith - Drums // Robert Eaton - Vocals (Background) // Robert Eaton - Vocal Arrangement // Jeff Steinberg - Arranger // George Worrell - Arranger // George Worrell - Keyboards // Benjamin Knight - Vocals (Background) // Patty Lewis - Vocals (Background)
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