Curtis (album)

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Curtis

Studio album by Curtis Mayfield
Released	September 1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Funk/Soul
Length	40:28
Label	Curtom
Producer(s)	Curtis Mayfield Bill Inglot
All Music Guide link Q 12/00, p.144 Robert Christgau B+ link Rolling Stone (not rated) link warr.org link
Curtis Mayfield chronology
N/A	Curtis (1970)	Curtis/Live! (1971)

Curtis is the debut solo album by Curtis Mayfield, issued on his Curtom Records label in the fall of 1970. It includes the hit single "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go". The album also featured the track "Move on Up" which Kanye West later sampled on his 2006 single "Touch the Sky".

[edit] Track listing

"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" (Curtis Mayfield) – 7:50
"The Other Side of Town" (Mayfield) – 4:01
"The Makings of You" (Mayfield) – 3:43
"We the People Who are Darker than Blue" (Mayfield) – 6:05
"Move on Up" (Mayfield) – 8:54
"Miss Black America" (Mayfield) – 2:53
"Wild and Free" (Mayfield) – 3:16
"Give It Up" (Mayfield) – 3:49

[edit] Bonus tracks

In late 2000, Rhino Records re-released the album as they did with the Superfly soundtrack with several bonus tracks including the radio edit for "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go", and several demo versions of songs.

"Power to the People [demo version]" (Curtis Mayfield) – 2:47
"Underground [demo version]" (Mayfield) – 3:11
"Ghetto Child [demo version]" (Mayfield) – 5:10
"Readings in Astrology [demo version]" (Mayfield) – 3:31
"Suffer [demo version]" (Donny Hathaway, Mayfield) – 2:31
"Miss Black America [demo version]" (Mayfield) – 2:22
"The Makings of You" (Mayfield) – 4:35
"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" (Mayfield) – 9:34
"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go [radio edit]" (Mayfield) – 3:26

[edit] Chart and singles history

Title	Information
"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go"	Curtom single CR-1955, October 1970 B-side: "The Makings Of You"

Name	Chart (1970)	Peak position
Curtis	U.S. Billboard Pop Albums	19
Curtis	U.S. Top R&B Albums	1
"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go"	U.S. Billlboard Pop Singles	29
"(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go"	U.S. Billboard R&B Singles	3