This Is My Country (album)

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This Is My Country
This Is My Country cover
Studio album by The Impressions
Released 1968
Genre Chicago soul
Label Curtom Records
Charly
Get Back
Sunspot
Producer Curtis Mayfield
Professional reviews
The Impressions chronology
We're A Winner
(1968)		 This Is My Country
(1968)		 The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
(1969)

This Is My Country is an album and song by the American soul music group The Impressions. The album was their first album released on Impressions member Curtis Mayfield's label Curtom Records originally in 1968.

Despite the Impressions late sixties work being known for their social or inspirational viewpoint such as the title track "This Is My Country" and "They Don't Know" the rest of the songs feature Mayfield's soul based love songs. This was their first album which had the Impressions harmonzing less than previous releases, and letting Mayfield take the main vocal point.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "They Don't Know" (Curtis Mayfield)– 2:47
  2. "Stay Close to Me" (Mayfield) – 2:03
  3. "I'm Loving Nothing" (Mayfield) – 2:31
  4. "Love's Happening" (Mayfield) – 3:07
  5. "Gone Away" (Donny Hathaway, Mayfield) – 3:41
  6. "You Want Somebody Else" (Griffen, Hathaway) – 3:12
  7. "So Unusual" (Mayfield) – 2:56
  8. "My Woman Love" (Mayfield) – 3:02
  9. "Fool for You" (Mayfield) – 2:52
  10. "This is My Country" (Mayfield) – 2:48

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Year Chart Peak Position
1969 Black Albums #5
1969 Pop Albums #107

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