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Those who would rather explore the Staple Singers with an original album instead of one of the many compilations should start with 1972's BEALTITUDE: RESPECT YOURSELF. The album was their most commercially successful, spawning two Top Ten hits in "Respect Yourself" and the glorious "I'll Take You There." The ultimate fusion of the Staple Singers' gospel roots and Curtis Mayfield-style soul, "I'll Take You There" hit Number One in the spring of 1972. (A third single, the soaring call-and-response "This World," was a major R&B hit that summer, but only barely scraped into the pop charts.) The remaining seven songs are nearly as strong as the singles, including the moving "We the People" and a response to Andrew Lloyd Weber, "Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ Superstar?)." An excellent balance of gospel and soul, BEALTITUDE: RESPECT YOURSELF is the essence of the Staple Singers.
Recording information: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Staple Sisters; Cleotha Staples; Yvonne Staples; Mavis Staples; Roebuck "Pops" Staples.
Arranger: Al Bell.
The Staple Singers: Roebuck Staples (guitar, vocals); Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples, Yvonne Staples (vocals).
Engineers: Ralph Rhodes, Jerry Masters, Terry Manning.
Rolling Stone (6/22/72, p.63) - "...rich pop-gospel styling served up with a little Southern hot sauce..." Beatitude: Respect Yourself Music Staple Singers Beatitude: Respect Yourself Songs Beatitude: Respect Yourself Music Review Buy Beatitude: Respect Yourself CD Purchase Beatitude: Respect Yourself CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Staple Singers Be What You Are CD (1973)
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CURTIS is the first solo album by R&B/soul legend Curtis Mayfield. After leaving the Impressions, Mayfield began to write lyrics that were more politically charged. With the 1970 release of CURTIS, he became one of the most important socially conscious artists of his generation. The album's opener, "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go" uses racial epithets openly, as Mayfield asserts the shiftlessness of America. Set to a funky groove, with smart horn arrangements and wah-wah guitar, this song is a brazen attack on social mores, racism, the Vietnam War, religious impropriety, and Nixon-era politics.
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