Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself is a 1972 soul album by The Staple Singers.
Reception
It includes the hit songs "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". The musicians are the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns, augmented by overdubbed guitar, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron and harmonica by Terry Manning.
Track listing
| # |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Time |
| 1 |
"This World" |
Gary William Friedman, Herb Shapiro |
3:36 |
| 2 |
"Respect Yourself" |
Luther Ingram, Mack Rice |
4:54 |
| 3 |
"Name the Missing Word" |
Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson |
4:00 |
| 4 |
"I'll Take You There" |
Alvertis Isbell |
4:43 |
| 5 |
"This Old Town (People in This Town)" |
Don Covay, Wilson Pickett, Stevenson |
4:39 |
| 6 |
"We the People" |
Booker T. Jones, A. Smith |
3:50 |
| 7 |
"Are You Sure" |
Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson |
4:27 |
| 8 |
"Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ the Superstar)?" |
Staple |
4:10 |
| 9 |
"I'm Just Another Soldier" |
Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson |
3:50 |
| 10 |
"Who" |
John Barry, Bobby Bloom |
3:13 |
Personnel
Charts
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart positions[4] |
US
Pop |
US
Soul |
| 1971 |
"Respect Yourself" |
12 |
2 |
| 1972 |
"I'll Take You There" |
1 |
1 |
| "This World" |
38 |
6 |
|
External links
References
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