The Exciting Wilson Pickett
by Wilson Pickett
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 August 1966
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 30:54
- Community rating: 4/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded across studios in Muscle Shoals and Memphis, this album utilizes the definitive rhythm sections of southern soul. Pickett's raspy, commanding vocals lead tracks like 'Land of 1,000 Dances', driven by tight brass stabs and heavy, syncopated basslines.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, soulful, vocal, call-and-response, belting
Tracklist
- Land of 1000 Dances (2:26)
- Something You Got (2:58)
- 634-5789 (2:58)
- Barefootin' (2:22)
- Mercy, Mercy (2:27)
- You're so Fine (2:38)
- In the Midnight Hour (2:37)
- Ninety-Nine and One-Half (Won't Do) (2:37)
- Danger Zone (2:12)
- I'm Drifting (2:54)
- It's All Over (2:21)
- She's so Good to Me (2:17)
Credits
- Wilson Pickett - primary artist, written-by
- Haig Adishian - design [cover]
- Jim Stewart - engineer [recording], supervised by
- Rick Hall - engineer [recording], supervised by
- Tom Dowd - engineer [recording], supervised by
- Bob Rolontz - liner notes
- Nick Samardge - photography by [cover photo]
- Jerry Wexler - supervised by
- Steve Cropper - supervised by, written-by
- Chris Kenner - written-by
- Eddie Floyd - written-by
- Robert Parker - written-by
- Don Covay - written-by
- Ronald Miller - written-by
- Lance Finney - written-by
- Robert West - written-by
- Willie Schofield - written-by
- Darrell Banks - written-by
- David Porter - written-by
- Bobby Womack - written-by