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- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B, Soul/R&B, Oldies, Soul
- Label: Fantasy / Stax
A primary pillar of the Soul Era celebrates its 50th.
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We Say...
The Memphis-based Stax Records was a primary pillar of the Soul Era: a prime exemplar of record company as creative entity rather than simply commercial enterprise. These 29 tracks date from 1968 to 1974, during the label's second great phase: the sophisticated Cinerama soul of Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers and Johnnie Taylor, which succeeded the gutsy glory days of Otis Redding and Sam & Dave.
Originally the backroom genius behind Sam & Dave and later, in the Shaft era, as Stax's top solo star, Hayes is represented here not only by Shaft but by his marathon deconstruction of Bacharach-David's "Walk on By." The Staple Singers are in full effect, and Salt 'N' Pepa fans will be delighted to locate Linda Lyndell's original of "What a Man." One may quibble at some selections — few of Booker T's hits were bigger than "Soul Limbo," but many were better — but this still encapsulates a crowning achievement in 20th-century American pop.
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| 01. |  |
Soul Limbo
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2:24 |
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| 02. | |
I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
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2:49 |
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| 03. | |
What a Man
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2:44 |
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| 04. | |
Private Number
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2:42 |
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| 05. | |
Who's Making Love
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2:50 |
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| 06. | |
I Forgot to Be Your Lover
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2:22 |
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| 07. | |
I Like What You're Doing (To Me)
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2:56 |
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| 08. | |
Time Is Tight
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3:19 |
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| 09. | |
So I Can Love You
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2:53 |
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| 10. | |
Walk on By
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4:37 |
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| 11. | |
Do the Funky Chicken
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3:19 |
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| 12. | |
Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone
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3:04 |
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| 13. | |
Mr. Big Stuff
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2:35 |
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| 14. | |
Never Can Say Goodbye
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3:41 |
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| 15. | |
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
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3:38 |
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| 16. | |
Respect Yourself
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3:32 |
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| 17. | |
Theme From Shaft
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3:19 |
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| 18. | |
Son of Shaft
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3:15 |
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| 19. | |
That's What Love Will Make You Do
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4:00 |
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| 20. | |
I've Been Lonely For So Long
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3:24 |
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| 21. | |
Hearsay
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3:33 |
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| 22. | |
In the Rain
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3:28 |
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| 23. | |
I'll Take You There
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3:18 |
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| 24. | |
Starting All Over Again
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3:50 |
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| 25. | |
Dedicated to the One I Love
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3:42 |
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| 26. | |
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
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3:19 |
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| 27. | |
Cheaper to Keep Her
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3:27 |
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| 28. | |
I'll Be the Other Woman
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3:35 |
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| 29. | |
Woman to Woman
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3:54 |
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29 Total Tracks, 95:29 Total Length
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