Goin' to Memphis | ||||
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Studio album by Paul Revere & the Raiders | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | American Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Terry Melcher, Chips Moman | |||
Paul Revere & the Raiders chronology | ||||
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Goin' to Memphis is the eighth studio album by American pop rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders. Produced by Terry Melcher and Chips Moman, it was released in 1968 and reached number 61 on the U.S. albums chart.
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Allmusic | [1] |
Goin' to Memphis is very much a Mark Lindsay solo album.[1][2] Lindsay composed six of the album's twelve songs, and Paul Revere & the Raiders perform on only one track - "Peace of Mind".[1] Goin' to Memphis was the final Raiders album to be produced by Terry Melcher, who terminated his involvement with the band after its completion.[2] Released in 1968, it peaked at number 61 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[3]
In a 1968 review, Billboard wrote that Memphis soul was a "natural fit" for the band, having "always had soul elements in its style."[4] Allmusic's Bruce Eder called the album "a serious departure, without a trace of the garage punk or pop-psychedelia sound of their earlier albums, but it was also a reasonably successful one." He described Lindsay's vocals as "astonishingly strong and gritty" and suggested that Goin' to Memphis may have influenced Lindsay to undertake a solo career.[1]
This album was remastered and rereleased on February 1, 2000 by Sundazed Records with bonus tracks.
Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 61[3] |