The Staple Swingers | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 15, 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970-1971 | |||
Studio | Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |||
Genre | Pop-soul [1] | |||
Length | 45:06 | |||
Label | Stax | |||
Producer | Al Bell | |||
The Staple Singers chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B [1] |
The Staple Swingers is a soul album by the Staple Singers, released on June 15, 1971.
It was the first Staple Singers album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Pervis Staples was replaced by his sister Yvonne Staples prior to the recording of the album. Released in 1971, it charted at number nine on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Is a Perfect World" | Bettye Crutcher, Mack Rice, Tommy Tate | 4:20 |
2. | "What's Your Thing" | Mack Rice | 4:21 |
3. | " You've Got to Earn It" | Smokey Robinson, Cornelius Grant | 3:28 |
4. | "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" | Deadric Malone | 5:04 |
5. | "Little Boy" | Carson Whitsett | 3:25 |
6. | "How Do You Move a Mountain" | Myrna March, Morris Levy | 2:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "Almost" | Harold Thomas, Leroy Mason | 4:16 |
8. | "I'm a Lover" | James Mabone, Charles Bevel | 3:43 |
9. | "Love Is Plentiful" | Bettye Crutcher, Bobby Manuel | 2:30 |
10. | " Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)" | Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom | 2:58 |
11. | "I Like the Things About You" | Martha Stubb, Roebuck "Pops" Staples | 3:21 |
12. | "Give a Hand, Take a Hand" | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb | 3:55 |
Chart (1971) | Peak position |
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Billboard Pop Albums [4] | 117 |
Billboard Top Soul Albums [4] | 9 |
Year | Single | Chart positions [5] | ||
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US Pop |
US Soul | |||
1970 | "Love Is Plentiful" | - | 31 | |
1971 | " Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)" | 27 | 6 | |
"You've Got to Earn It" | 97 | 11 |