You're So Beautiful

by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Charles Wright, The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

Overview

Following the success of their most popular album ever, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band seem to be running out of ideas on You're So Beautiful. Kicking off the festivities is a re-working of their big hit, "Express Yourself." Steeped in call-and-response revivalism, "Express Yourself II" brings the funk, but is repetitive and lacks focus. Elements of the band's unbridled yet controlled soul are still evident, but the songs themselves are without structure and seem to ramble. A prime example is the spaced-out "Let's Make Love Not War." A Tribe Called Quest and Brand Nubian have plucked juicy lines from "What Can You Bring Me," with its chicken-scratch guitar licks and ebbing horn patterns. ~ Douglas Siwek

Product Details

Release Date:	05/30/2006
Label:	Water Music Records
UPC:	0646315716924
Rank:	109133

Tracks

1. Express Yourself II
2. Let's Make Love Not War
3. Just to Settle My Nerves
4. What Can You Bring Me?
5. Your Love Means Everything to Me
6. You're So Beautiful
7. I Got Your Love

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band   Primary Artist
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band   Primary Artist
Charles Wright   Primary Artist,Keyboards,Vocals,Piano,Organ,Guitar
Melvin Dunlap   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Joe Banks   Trumpet,Trumpet
John Rayford   Saxophone,Saxophone
Bill Cannon   Saxophone
Monk Higgins   Piano
James Gadson   Drums
Gordon de Witty   Organ
Gabriel Flemings   Trumpet,Tambourine
Larry Durham   Tambourine
Benorce Blackmon   Guitar

Technical Credits

Stan Ross   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Charles Wright   Composer,Producer,Arranger
Eddie Epstein   Engineer
Rudy Hill   Engineer
James Gadson   Composer
Monk Higgins   Arranger
Watts Band   Arranger
Pat Thomas   Reissue Producer
Gary Hobish   Reissue Mastering
Ray Jackson   Arranger
Bob Kovachs   Dubs,Editing
J. Edward Hill   Liner Notes
Ed Thrasher   Art Direction
Nathaniel Russell   Reissue Art Director