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The Exciting Wilson Pickett, released in 1966, was the third album by R&B and soul singer Wilson Pickett. The album charted at #3 on the U.S. Billboard R&B albums chart and #21 on the popular albums chart. According to AllMusic, this second album firmly established Picket's "stature as a major '60s soul man".[2] The album launched four major hits for Pickett, but AllMusic emphasizes that the non-hit cuts, "of nearly an equal level", will be of more interest to collectors.[2]

Originally released on the Atlantic label, the album has been re-issued on CD by Rhino, Collectables and Warner Bros. Records. 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 Billboard R&B singles chart and #21 on the pop singles chart. "Land of a Thousand Dances" reached #1 and #6 respectively, his biggest pop hit. "Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do)" reached #13 and #53. "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", a song which Pickett had not on first hearing liked, reached #1 and #13.[3]

Pickett later redid the song "Land of a Thousand 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.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Land of 1000 Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 2:28
  2. "Something You Got" (Kenner) – 2:58
  3. "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 3:00
  4. "Barefootin'" (Robert Parker) – 2:22
  5. "Mercy Mercy" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 2:30
  6. "You're So Fine" (Lance Finney, Willie Schofield, Bob West) – 2:38
  7. "In the Midnight Hour" (Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:36
  8. "Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (Cropper, Floyd, Pickett) – 2:44
  9. "Danger Zone" (Cropper, Pickett) – 2:12
  10. "I'm Drifting" (Homer Banks, Pickett, David Porter) – 2:54
  11. "It's All Over" (Cropper, Pickett) – 2:21
  12. "She's So Good to Me" (Bobby Womack) – 2:17

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References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b The Exciting Wilson Pickett at AllMusic
  3. ^ 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) at AllMusic
  4. ^ Land of 1000 Dances at AllMusic
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