Short Eyes (album)

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Short Eyes
Short Eyes cover
Soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield
Released 1977
Genre Funk/Soul
Label Curtom
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Curtis Mayfield chronology
A Piece of the Action (with Mavis Staples)
(1977)		 Short Eyes
(1977)		 Never Say You Can't Survive
(1977)

Short Eyes is a Curtis Mayfield soundtrack to Robert M. Young's 1977 film, based upon the play of the same name by Miguel Piñero. The album contains one of Mayfield's last funk hits, “Do Do Wap is Strong in Here”.

[edit] Track listing

  1. “Do Do Wap is Strong in Here”
  2. “Back Against the Wall”
  3. “Need Someone to Love”
  4. “A Heavy Dude”
  5. “Short Eyes/Freak, Freak, Free, Free, Free”
  6. “Break It Down”
  7. “Another Fool in Love”
  8. “Father Confessor (Instrumental)”
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Curtis Mayfield
Albums
Curtis (1970) – Roots (1971) – Back to the World (1973) – Got to Find a Way (1974) – Sweet Exorcist (1974) – There's No Place Like America Today (1975) – Give, Get, Take and Have (1976) – Never Say You Can't Survive (1977) – Do It All Night (1978) – Heartbeat (1979) – Something to Believe In (1980) – Love Is the Place (1982) – Honesty (1983) – We Come in Peace with a Message of Love (1985) – Take It to the Streets (1988) – New World Order (1997)
Live albums
Curtis/Live! (1971) – Curtis in Chicago (1973) – Live in Europe (1987) – Live at Ronnie Scott's (1988)
Soundtracks
Super Fly (1972) – Claudine (1974) – Let's Do It Again (1975) – Sparkle (1976) – A Piece of the Action (1977) – Short Eyes (1977)
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