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Solomon Burke - That's Heavy Baby: The Best of the MGM Years 1971-1973 (2005)

Posted By: TmanHome
Solomon Burke - That's Heavy Baby: The Best of the MGM Years 1971-1973 (2005)

Solomon Burke - That's Heavy Baby: The Best of the MGM Years 1971-1973 (2005)
Soul, R&B | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 75 min | 179 MB
Label: Raven Records | Rel: 2005

Raven's That's Heavy Baby gathers 22 Solomon Burke rarities he recorded for MGM between 1971 and 1973, following his career-defining soul hits for Atlantic in the '60s. During his brief stint with the label, Burke produced two enjoyable soul/gospel/country-inspired albums, Electronic Magnetism and We're Almost Home, plus contributed a few songs to the soundtrack of the blaxploitation film Cool Breeze. The majority of these cuts maintain a consistently high performance level with the exception of three insipid cover versions from Electronic Magnetism. The problem with Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Lookin' out My Back Door," Sly Stone's "Stand," and especially, "Three Psalms of Elton: Your Song/Border Song/Take Me to the Pilot" has nothing to do with the material or Solomon Burke's performance, but with the flashy arrangements drenched in background vocals. Imagine former Osmonds producer and onetime MGM head honcho Mike Curb behind the controls of a Stax record; not even Solomon Burke's commanding, booming delivery could rise above such garishness. Luckily, the remaining material is decent, as are the rare singles from the period: "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "Georgia up North," and "Here Comes the Train." That's Heavy Baby is a welcome retrospective of scarce material from this deep soul master.

Tracklist:

01. The Electronic Magnetism
02. Three Pslams of Elton: Your Song/Border Song/Take Me to the Pilot
03. You Can Run But You Can't Hide
04. Stand
05. Bridge of Life
06. PSR 1983
07. Lookin' Out My Back Door
08. J.C. I Know Who You Are
09. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
10. Get Up and Do Something for Yourself
11. Love's Street and Fool's Road
12. It Must Be Love
13. Then I Want to Come Home (Vocal)
14. We're Almost Home
15. I've Got to Do My Own Thing
16. Drown in My Own Tears
17. Everybody Wants to Fall in Love
18. I Can't Stop Loving You
19. Sweet, Sweet Reason
20. Misty
21. Georgia up North
22. Here Comes the Train