Some things just get better with age - The Be Altitude CD by the Staples Singers is an example of a genre of music which I am afraid is being lost to today s listeners. Given the overproduced/techno sounds of so much current music, the spare soul/funk/gospel tunes of the Staples Singers are a real listening pleasure. Be sure to check out Freedoms Highway by the group as well.
Muscle Shoals not Memphis - This album along with Aretha s I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You introduced the world to the Muscle Shoals Sound and the solo guitar work by Eddie Hinton on I ll Take You There is so smooth!
A Golden Classic! - This album is what probably the Staple Singers spring board to becoming more of a house hold name. The creative juices from the production, writers, musicians, songs and the Staple Singers vocal delivery must have been created by some kind of divine intervention! Unforgettable classics like I ll Take You There pretty much started it all. This song is still a favorite, even after 30+ years, it s still fresh. From radio to t.v. commercials - you can t escape it. Respect Yourself pretty much solidified their footing in the pop world. Also, the tracks This World and We The People are a just inches away from crossing over the funky-groove borderline! If you re a big fan of the 70 s Staple Singers, this is definitely the album to start your collection.
A great Stax album of the Staple Singers from 1972!! - This was the first album of the Staple Singers that I purchased on CD. I mainly got it to find out how their hit Respect Yourself sounds as well as I ll Take You There. I m sure pleased that I did get this CD. Respect Yourself is almost five minutes long (while the single of it was only three and a half), this song is one of my favorite of theirs, as it tells you that if you disrespect anybody that you run into, you are disrespecting yourself as well. That is a great song. I also love I ll Take You There. The single of it is about three and a half minutes long, but on this album, you get the song in extended form. Love this song too!! I also like: This World, Are You Sure, We the People, I m Just Another Soldier, and Name the Missing Word. Love this group. I have every one of their Stax album titles on CD. These folks are full of soul!!
Soulful! - This happens to be my favorite musical group of all time. Their songs are easy to understand the words to and the words are fantastic. Very spiritual/moving/meaningful but still a great sound!! Was one of my fav record albums in the 70 s and now I have it as a fav CD in the 2000 s!!