Hold On, I'm Comin' (album)

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Hold On, I'm Comin'
Hold On, I'm Comin' cover
Studio album by Sam and Dave
Released April 1, 1966
Recorded 1965–1966
Genre Soul
Length 32:04
Label Stax/Atlantic
Stax 708
Producer Jim Stewart
Isaac Hayes
David Porter
Booker T. & the MG's
Professional reviews
Sam and Dave chronology
--- Hold On, I'm Comin'
(1966)		 Double Dynamite
(1967)

Hold On, I'm Comin' is the 1966 debut album by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966

The album reached number one on the Billboard Black Albums chart and number 45 on the Billboard 200. The album launched three charting singles. The title track peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, and at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody" ranked number eight and number 21 respectively, while "You Don't Know Like I Know" peaked at number seven and number 90. An All Music Guide review refers to Hold On, I'm Comin' as epitomizing "Memphis soul in all its unpretentious, down-home glory".[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, all tracks written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

[edit] Side one

  1. "Hold On, I'm Comin'" – 2:36
  2. "If You Got the Loving" (Steve Cropper, Hayes, Porter) – 2:33
  3. "I Take What I Want" (Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Porter) – 2:33
  4. "Ease Me" – 2:25
  5. "I Got Everything I Need" (Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 2:56
  6. "Don't Make It So Hard on Me" (Floyd, Willa Dean Parker) – 2:45

[edit] Side two

  1. "It's a Wonder" – 2:53
  2. "Don't Help Me Out" – 3:09
  3. "Just Me" (Randall Catron, ? Frierson, Parker) – 2:40
  4. "You Got It Made" – 2:33
  5. "You Don't Know Like I Know" – 2:40
  6. "Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)" (Cropper, Isbell) – 2:22

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex and Jurek, Thom. Review for Hold On, I'm Comin'. All Music Guide. Retrieved 2008-3-30.