The Monument Years

by Arthur Alexander

The Monument Years cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 2 April 2001
  • Label: Ace
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:21
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ace's collection covers the Alabama singer's mid-1960s recordings for Monument, after his Dot sides had been covered by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Alexander's country soul writing influenced both the Muscle Shoals sound and British beat groups.

Genres

Descriptors: soulful, compilation, melodic, ballad, retro

Tracklist

  1. (Baby) For You (2:50)
  2. The Other Woman (In My Life) (2:40)
  3. Stay By Me (2:34)
  4. Me And Mine (2:42)
  5. Show Me The Road (2:40)
  6. Turn Around (And Try Me) (2:33)
  7. Baby This Baby That (2:48)
  8. Baby I Love You (2:20)
  9. In My Sorrow (2:32)
  10. I Want To Marry You (4:43)
  11. In My Baby's Eyes (2:30)
  12. Love's Where Life Begins (2:35)
  13. Miles And Miles From Home (2:59)
  14. You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:23)
  15. I Need You Baby (2:42)
  16. I'm Gonna Hate Myself (In The Morning) (2:18)
  17. Spanish Harlem (2:43)
  18. Concrete Jungle (2:16)
  19. Taking Care Of A Woman (2:35)
  20. Set Me Free (3:00)
  21. Bye Bye Love (2:44)
  22. Another Place, Another Time (2:38)
  23. Cry Like A Baby (2:19)
  24. Glory Road (2:58)
  25. Call Me Honey (2:15)
  26. The Migrant (3:50)
  27. Lover Please (2:52)
  28. In The Middle Of It All (3:22)

Credits

  • Arthur Alexander - primary artist, written-by
  • Phil Smee - design [cover]
  • Jools De Vere - design [package]
  • Duncan Cowell - mastered by
  • Ken Robertson - mixed by [master tape stereo mixes]
  • Elizabeth Barton - written-by
  • Don Rollins - written-by
  • Shirl Milete - written-by
  • Dale Ward - written-by
  • Jimmy Thurman - written-by
  • Dan Penn - written-by
  • Spooner Oldham - written-by
  • Fred Foster - written-by
  • Jerry Chesnut - written-by
  • Jerry Leiber - written-by
  • Phil Spector - written-by
  • Joe South - written-by
  • Joe Tex - written-by
  • Curly Putman - written-by
  • Boudleaux & Felice Bryant - written-by
  • Neil Diamond - written-by
  • Dennis Linde - written-by
  • Tony Joe White - written-by
  • Billy Swan - written-by

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