Soul Men (album)
Soul Men is an album by the R&B duo Sam & Dave, released in 1967. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard Top R&B LPs chart and No. 62 on the Top LPs chart.[5] The album launched the hit single "Soul Man", which peaked at No. 1 on the R&B Singles chart and No. 2 on the Hot 100 Singles chart. The song won Sam & Dave a Grammy in 1967 for Best R&B Group, Vocal or Instrumental.[6]
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| Released | October 26, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | August 10, October 4, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 28:56 | |||
| Label | Stax Stax 725 | |||
| Producer | Isaac Hayes, David Porter[1] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Track listing
Side one
- "Soul Man" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 2:39
- "May I Baby" (Hayes, Porter) - 2:38
- "Broke Down Piece of Man" (Steve Cropper, Joe Shamwell) - 2:46
- "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoé) - 2:45
- "Hold It Baby" (Bonnie "Mack" Rice) - 2:35
- "I'm With You" (Lowman Pauling) - 2:50
Side two
- "Don't Knock It" (Hayes, Porter) - 2:28
- "Just Keep Holding On" (Alvertis Isbell, Booker T. Jones) - 2:52
- "The Good Runs the Bad Away" (Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love) - 2:15
- "Rich Kind of Poverty" (Hayes, Paul Selph) - 2:13
- "I've Seen What Loneliness Can Do" (Homer Banks, Allen Jones) - 2:58
Personnel
- Sam Moore - vocals
- Dave Prater - vocals
- Booker T. & the MG's and the Mar-Key Horns - instrumentation:
- Booker T. Jones - keyboards
- Isaac Hayes - Hammond organ
- Steve Cropper - guitar
- Donald Dunn - bass guitar
- Al Jackson Jr. - drums
- Wayne Jackson - trombone, trumpet
- Charles "Packy" Axton - tenor saxophone
- Don Nix - baritone saxophone
- Technical
- Loring Eutemey - design
- Jean-Pierre Leloir - photography
References
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 975.
- "Soul Men - Sam & Dave | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 234.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 617.
- "Sam & Dave". Billboard.
- "Sam And Dave". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2020.
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