The Exciting Wilson Pickett
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The Exciting Wilson Pickett, released in 1966, was the second album released by American R&B/Rock and Roll and soul singer Wilson Pickett. Wilson's second album, it charted at #3 on Billboard's "black albums" chart and #21 on their chart of "pop albums". According to All Music, this second album firmly established Picket's "stature as a major '60s soul man".[1] The album launched four major hits for Pickett, but All Music emphasizes that the non-hit cuts, "of nearly an equal level", will be of more interest to collectors.[1]
Originally released on the Atlantic label, the album has been re-issued on CD by Rhino, Collectables and Warner Bros. In 2007, a new LP edition was released by the label 4 Men with Beards.
Hit singles
The Exciting Wilson Pickett launched four crossover hit singles. "In the Midnight Hour" reached #1 on the "Black Singles" chart and #21 on the "Pop Singles" chart. "Land of 1000 Dances" reached #1 and #6 respectively. "Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do)" reached #13 and #53. "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)", a song which Pickett had not on first hearing liked, reached #1 and #13.[2]
Pickett later redid the song "Land of 1000 Dances", originally a hit in 1963 for New Orleans-based composer Chris Kenner, for the soundtrack of The Great Outdoors, a 1988 film starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy.[3]
Track listing
- "Land of 1000 Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 2:28
- "Something You Got" (Kenner) – 2:58
- "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 3:00
- "Barefootin'" (Robert Parker) – 2:22
- "Mercy Mercy" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 2:30
- "You're So Fine" (Lance Finney, Willie Schofield, Bob West) – 2:38
- "In the Midnight Hour" (Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:36
- "Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (Cropper, Floyd, Pickett) – 2:44
- "Danger Zone" (Cropper, Pickett) – 2:12
- "I'm Drifting" (Homer Banks, Pickett, David Porter) – 2:54
- "It's All Over" (Cropper, Pickett) – 2:21
- "She's So Good to Me" (Bobby Womack) – 2:17
Personnel
Performance
- Charles Packy Axton – tenor sax
- Charles Chalmers – tenor sax
- Tommy Cogbill – bass
- Steve Cropper – guitar
- Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass
- Joe Hall – piano
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Isaac Hayes – piano
- Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Jimmy Johnson – guitar
- Andrew Love – tenor sax
- Gene Miller – trumpet
- Chips Moman – guitar
- Floyd Newman – baritone sax
- Spooner Oldham – piano
- Wilson Pickett – vocals
Production
- Haig Adishian – cover design
- Steve Cropper – supervisor
- Tom Dowd – engineer, supervisor
- A. Scott Galloway – liner notes
- Rick Hall – engineer, supervisor
- Dan Hersch – digital remastering
- Bill Inglot – digital remastering
- John Peck
- Bob Rolontz – liner notes
- Nick Samardge – photography
- Jim Stewart – engineer, supervisor
- Jerry Wexler – supervisor