You Got My Mind Messed Up

by James Carr

You Got My Mind Messed Up cover art

Considered a cornerstone of the deep soul genre, 'You Got My Mind Messed Up' showcases James Carr’s rich, gospel-influenced baritone voice and operatic delivery. The album's raw, emotionally direct production, characteristic of Memphis's Goldwax label, complements themes of desperation, infidelity, and profound heartbreak, epitomized by the iconic ballad "The Dark End of the Street". Despite Carr’s relative obscurity compared to his contemporaries, the record is critically lauded as one of soul music’s greatest achievements for its synthesis of tormented vocal power and spare, horn-driven arrangements.

Genres

  • Deep Soul
  • Southern Soul

Tracklist

  1. Pouring Water on a Drowning Man
  2. Love Attack
  3. Coming Back to Me Baby
  4. I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore
  5. That's What I Want to Know
  6. These Ain't Raindrops
  7. The Dark End of the Street
  8. I'm Going for Myself
  9. Loveable Girl
  10. Forgetting You
  11. She's Better Than You
  12. You've Got My Mind Messed Up
  13. These Arms of Mine
  14. You Don't Want Me
  15. There Goes My Used to Be
  16. A Lucky Loser
  17. Dixie Belle
  18. Search Your Heart
  19. Sock It to Me - Baby!
  20. My Adorable One
  21. Love Is a Beautiful Thing
  22. Life Turned Her That Way
  23. A Losing Game
  24. What Can I Call My Own