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- Date Released: January 1, 1969
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Traditional Blues
- Label: Fantasy / Stax
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We Say...
Backed by Booker T and the MGs, Stax's most compleat singer created a moody contemporary blues masterpiece that went virtually unnoticed when first released in 1969.
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They Say...
While the "Raw" part of the title may be overstating the case just a bit, "Blues" describes this disc pretty well, thank you -- on his fourth album, Johnnie Taylor shifts his focus away from Stax's trademark Southern soul stylings towards leaner and grittier blues-based performances, a style he'd already shown a knack for on his earlier sets. Raw Blues still walks a line between soul and blues, with the sweet-and-sour tone of The Memphis Horns sometimes stacking the deck in favor of the former, but "Part Time Love", "Hello Sundown" and "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down" generate a potent late-night mood vibe which match the downcast authority of Taylor's voice. And if the always air-tight performances of the Stax studio crew (including Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes) pack enough heat to turn "You Can't Win With A Losing Hand" and "That Bone" into potent dance floor material, Taylor's rough but passionate delivery never lets this get too close to the Land of the Slick. A strong and heartfelt set that serves as an important precursor to Taylor's later blues-oriented sets for Malaco.
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| 01. |  |
Where There's Smoke There's Fire |
3:07 |
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| 02. | |
Hello Sundown |
2:51 |
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| 03. | |
Pardon Me Lady |
2:58 |
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| 04. | |
Where Can A Man Go From Here |
3:17 |
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| 05. | |
That Bone |
3:00 |
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| 06. | |
That's Where It's At |
3:33 |
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| 07. | |
Part Time Love |
3:33 |
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| 08. | |
If I Had It To Do All Over |
3:07 |
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| 09. | |
You're Good For Me |
3:34 |
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| 10. | |
You Can't Keep A Good Man Down |
2:41 |
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| 11. | |
You Can't Win With A Losing Hand |
2:34 |
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11 Total Tracks, 34:15 Total Length
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Credits
- Johnnie Taylor - Vocals // Johnnie Taylor - Main Performer // Johnnie Taylor - ? // Al Jackson, Jr. - Producer // Joe Tarantino - Mastering
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