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Soul Men (album)

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Soul Men
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 26, 1967
RecordedAugust 10, October 4, 1967
GenreSoul
Length28:56
LabelStax
Stax 725
ProducerIsaac Hayes, David Porter[1]
Sam & Dave chronology
Double Dynamite
(1967)
Soul Men
(1967)
I Thank You
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

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]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Soul Man" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 2:39
  2. "May I Baby" (Hayes, Porter) - 2:38
  3. "Broke Down Piece of Man" (Steve Cropper, Joe Shamwell) - 2:46
  4. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoé) - 2:45
  5. "Hold It Baby" (Bonnie "Mack" Rice) - 2:35
  6. "I'm With You" (Lowman Pauling) - 2:50

Side two

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  1. "Don't Knock It" (Hayes, Porter) - 2:28
  2. "Just Keep Holding On" (Alvertis Isbell, Booker T. Jones) - 2:52
  3. "The Good Runs the Bad Away" (Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love) - 2:15
  4. "Rich Kind of Poverty" (Hayes, Paul Selph) - 2:13
  5. "I've Seen What Loneliness Can Do" (Homer Banks, Allen Jones) - 2:58

Personnel

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Technical
  • Loring Eutemey - design
  • Jean-Pierre Leloir - photography

References

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  1. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 975.
  2. ^ "Soul Men - Sam & Dave | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 234.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 617.
  5. ^ "Sam & Dave". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Sam And Dave". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2020.