The Best of Percy Sledge [Curb]

by Percy Sledge

Overview

Percy Sledge's fate and fame will forever rest on the shoulders of his massive 1966 hit, the forlorn ballad "When a Man Loves a Woman." With its funeral pace and churchy organ, coupled with Sledge's pleading, compassionate vocal, "When a Man Loves a Woman" is one of the most fascinatingly desperate songs in pop history. Although he was one of Southern soul's greatest singers, Sledge never got that near the sun again. His take on Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn's "It Tears Me Up" was a great single, though, and his covers of "Dark End of the Street" and Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me" are solid. Unfortunately, only "When a Man Loves a Woman" is included here, and while Sledge is always a fine country soul singer no matter what he takes on, this set feels a bit like K-Tel covers collection. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	02/27/1996
Label:	Curb
UPC:	0715187777828

Tracks

1. When a Man Loves a Woman
2. Take Time to Know Her
3. (Wrap Me in Your) Warm and Tender Love
4. Cover Me
5. It Tears Me Up
6. My Special Prayer
7. Tell It Like It Is
8. Try a Little Tenderness
9. I've Been Loving You Too Long
10. Behind Closed Doors

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Percy Sledge   Primary Artist,Vocals

Technical Credits

Virgil F. Stewart   Composer
Kenny O'Dell   Composer
Bobby Robinson   Composer
James Cobb   Composer
Spooner Oldham   Composer
Eddie Floyd   Composer
Lee Diamond   Composer
Ronald White   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Jimmy Campbell   Composer,Composer
Scott   Composer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Marlin Greene   Composer
Reginald Connelly   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Arthur Conley   Composer
Buddy Buie   Composer
George Davis   Composer
Calvin Lewis   Composer
Dan Penn   Composer
Harry Woods   Composer
Gary Brooker   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Andrew Wright   Composer
Eddie Hinton   Composer
Joe Simon   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Ida Irral Berger   Composer
Wini Scott   Composer
Harry Middlebrooks, Jr.   Composer
Al Gallico   Composer
Stephen Allen Davis   Composer
Keith Reid   Composer