Stax Profiles The Staple Singers

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  • Release Date: 04/25/2006
  • Sales Rank: 34,147
  • Label: STAX
  • UPC: 025218862424

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Stax Profiles

1LISTENI'll Take You There 4:44
2LISTENRespect Yourself 4:54
3LISTENIf You're Ready (Come Go With Me) 4:29
4LISTENBe What You Are 5:00
5LISTENAre You Sure 4:27
6LISTENHeavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) / Memphis Symphony Orchestra 3:08
7LISTENOh la de da 4:57
8LISTENTouch a Hand, Make a Friend 3:59
9LISTENYou've Got to Earn It 3:31
10LISTENEveryday People 3:26
11LISTENMy Main Man 2:12
12LISTENCity in the Sky 3:53
13LISTENLong Walk to D.C. 2:30
14LISTENThe Weight 4:32

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Throughout the distinct phases of their recording career, from straight rhythmic gospel to Civil Rights protest anthems, to what might be called soul folk to the funky grit of their Stax years, the Staple Singers always delivered songs that said something, and even when the grooves of songs like 1971's "Respect Yourself" or 1972's reggae-tinged "I'll Take You There" were sending people to the dancefloors, the lyrics were hopeful, message-driven missives of support for a better self, a better community, and a better world. Stax Profiles is a fine anthology which collects tracks recorded between 1968 and 1975 during the Staple Singers productive stay at Stax Records, and includes both "Respect Yourself" and "I'll Take You There," as well as the powerful "City in the Sky," "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend," "Are You Sure," with its brilliantly staggered vocals, and the Steve Cropper produced "Long Walk to D.C." There isn't a single lame track here, and while there are lengthier collections of the Staple Singers' Stax years on the market, this one has a wonderful flow. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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