| Soulful Dress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Rounder [1] | |||
| Producer | Denny Bruce | |||
| Marcia Ball chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  
[2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |
[1] |
| The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD |
[4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | 
[6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
[5] |
Soulful Dress is a blues album by Marcia Ball. [7] [8] It is Ball's second solo album. [9] Soulful Dress was released in 1984 through Rounder Records. [10] Stevie Ray Vaughan played the first guitar solo on "Soulful Dress".
Critical reception
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "blues ballads and contemporary honky-tonk stylings further recommend an album that is both personally revealing and musically swinging." [5] Nashville Scene called the album "one of the decade’s most nuanced explorations of New Orleans-style R&B." [11]
Track listing
All songs written by Marcia Ball except as noted.
- "Soulful Dress" (Maurice McAlister, Terry Vail) – 3:16
- "Make Your Move Too Soon" – 3:19
- " I'd Rather Go Blind" (Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan) – 5:08
- "Jailbird" ( Dave Bartholomew) – 2:58
- "Eugene" – 3:44
- "My Mind's Made Up" – 2:29
- "A Thousand Times" – 3:25
- "That's Why I Love You" (Moore) – 3:33
- "Soul on Fire" ( LaVern Baker, Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry Wexler) – 4:46
- "Don't Want No Man" – 3:00
Personnel
- Piano, Vocals – Marcia Ball
- Bass – Don Bennett
- Drums – Wes Starr
- Guitar – Kenny Ray, Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Horns – The Mighty Big Horns (Keith Winking, Kent Winking, Pat Mackrell)
- Organ – Nick Connolly
- Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Mark Kazanoff
References
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 389.
- ^ "Soulful Dress - Marcia Ball | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Hadley, Frank-John (February 22, 1993). The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD. Grove Press. ISBN 9780802133281 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 33–34.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
- ^ "Marcia Ball | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Grace; Dankner, Laura (February 22, 1993). Musical Gumbo: The Music of New Orleans. W.W. Norton. ISBN 9780393034684 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Spangles and High Heels". www.austinchronicle.com.
- ^ "Marcia Ball loves Bradenton area and old, weird Florida: interview". ticket.heraldtribune.com.
- ^ "StackPath". local.nashvillescene.com.
