What That Is!

by Screamin' Jay Hawkins

What That Is! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:27
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The theatrical rhythm-and-blues icon delivers a wildly eccentric set of groove-heavy tracks punctuated by his signature vocal acrobatics. The recording leans heavily into comedic novelty, propelled by driving funk rhythms and a deeply irreverent, uninhibited studio energy.

Genres

Descriptors: novelty, bluesy, theatrical, vocal, rhythmic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. What That Is! (2:12)
  2. Feast Of The Mau Mau (3:25)
  3. Do You Really Love Me? (2:10)
  4. Stone Crazy (2:07)
  5. I Love You (4:17)
  6. Constipation Blues (4:30)
  7. I'm Lonely (2:28)
  8. Thing Called Woman (2:35)
  9. Dig! (3:08)
  10. I'm Your Man (3:17)
  11. Ask Him (3:03)
  12. Reprise (2:15)

Credits

  • Screamin' Jay Hawkins - primary artist, vocals, piano
  • Shorty Rogers - arranged by [strings]
  • Billy Watkins Singers - backing vocals
  • Carl "Beef" Gottlieb - backing vocals
  • Christopher "Egg" Ross - backing vocals
  • Deirdre Laporte - backing vocals
  • Sal Valentino - backing vocals
  • Th茅a Marcus - backing vocals

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