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Candi Staton  | 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Emd Int'l Catalog: Music Release date: 2004-02-24 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Format: Import Ean: 0724359443225 Upc: 724359443225  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (26) |
 I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin') Evidence I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool) The Best Thing You Ever Had Someone You Use That's How Strong My Love Is Another Man's Woman, Another Woman's Man He Called Me Baby Sweet Feeling | Do Your Duty Love Chain Stand By Your Man Heart On A String Too Hurt To Cry You Don't Love Me No More Mr. And Mrs. Untrue How Can I Put Out The Flame (When You Keep The Fire Burning) To Hear You Say You're Mine | Sure As Sin What Would Become Of Me? In The Ghetto Get It When I Want It Freedom Is Beyond The Door I'll Drop everything And Come Running The Thanks I Get For Loving You I'm Gonna Hold On (To What I Got This Time) |
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| Candi Staton Stands as One of the Undisputed Queens of Soul, and this Compilation Brings Together her Long Unavailable and Legendary Muscle Shoals Sides Recorded for Fame Records. The Songs Are Masterpieces of the Genre, the Musicianship Astounding, the Production Perfectly Tailored, and all of These Topped by her Unmistakeable Voice. The Accompanying Extensive Sleevenotes Feature an Interview with Ms. Staton, who is a Regular Fixture of Religious Broadcasting Channels. |
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 Written on March 22, 2006 Summary: Etta, Irma, Otis, ... , now Candi. Old is new & all is better for it! Blessed mix of new and old, known and unknown. I feel like a kid with a new Erector set full of familiar parts-soulful gospel lead vocals, charted horns sweeping in like precision cavalry, choreographed back-up singers in perfect step, Memphis players who have played together so long they work inside each others' hooks (note, however, that this is FAME in Muscle Shoals, but Stax), and all manner of pop accessories-that have been disassembled from old classics-Etta, Irma, Otis, James Carr, ...-and reassembled in fresh forms that bring late Southern soul (c. 1970) back to life in high-quality performances that I have never heard before. Old is new and all is better for it! Stand-out: tr 3-I'd rather be an old man's sweetheart (clear, unexpected ode to a December-May pairing). [74:18] Written on January 27, 2006 Summary: Candi's classic years Candi Staton is perhaps best known today for a couple of big disco tunes, Young Hearts Run Free and You Got The Love, but before those she had enjoyed a big run of southern soul hits, all recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals AL with producer Rick Hall. They have the classic gritty Muscle Shoals sound with big, fat lithe horns and female choruses, and dissect the seamier side of life with titles like I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool), Mr And Mrs Untrue and Another Man's Woman, Another Woman's Man. Candi had grown up singing, first in the church choir as a schoolgirl, and in gospel groups from the age of eight onwards, later touring with Aretha, Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke and others, and had no difficulty whatsoever in switching to the rhythm and blues and country soul she recorded for Fame. Her naturally sweet voice was deliberately given a hoarser edge by Rick Hall through over singing to get the soulful effect he desired. Country music was as big in Alabama as soul so it was unsurprising that Candi should have hits with her heartfult interpretations of Stand By Your Man and In The Ghetto. This collection gathers most of the best of the classic recordings she made with the Muscle Shoals crew between 1969 and 1973, and which had been overlooked for far too long. They are not presented in chronological order and the notes are very hazy as to what was recorded when, and which of them were singles and which were album cuts. Eight A-sides and nine B-sides are actually included, with all but one A-side (Love Chain, from 1973) and three B-sides (tracks 13, 19 and 26) also appearing on her first three albums. In fact, the first two albums are present in full. I'm Just A Prisoner (1969) can be recreated by programming tracks 5, 3, 15, 2, 9, 10, 6, 1, 7 and 22, while Stand By Your Man (1971) comprised tracks 12, 17, 1 (again), 16, 14, 8, 9, 18, 20 and 23. Her third album, Candi Staton (1972) is represented by tracks 21, 4, 15 and 25. Written on December 3, 2005 Summary: SOUTHERN SOUL SUNG WITH CONVICTION Candi Staton is my favorite soul singer of all time! During the time that Candi was with FAME Records, she recorded three albums (I'M JUST A PRISONER, STAND BY YOUR MAN, and CANDI STATON) and managed to have a Top 40 Pop hit (#24) with her soulful interpretation of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" in 1971. Other hits included the Top Ten R&B hit "I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)", "He Called Me Baby", another soulful interpretation of Elvis Presley's "In The Ghetto" (which she received a Grammy nomination and even got a congratulatory note from the King of Rock himself!) This collection of Candi's FAME material showcases southern soul at its best. All of these songs were superbly accompanied by astounding musicianship and were sung with strong conviction by Candi. Her voice is real and you can hear in each song some kind of experience that she must have been going through at the time in order for her to make the song come alive. To my amazement, this collection is missing the wonderful "Do It in the Name of Love" which was a Top 20 R&B hit in 1973. However, these songs are masterpieces of the late 60s/early 70s southern soul era. Anyone who loves southern soul, will definitely enjoy this collection of Ms. Staton's FAME material. Personally, I enjoy her Warner Bros. material more, because I like urban soul/quiet storm grooves, but her earlier work is what she is critically known for. Overall, this album deserves an excellent rating and if I could, I would give it 100 stars. Written on November 27, 2005 Summary: fantastic album This is one FANTASTIC album. The sound and the voice are second-to-none, highly recommended !! Written on May 25, 2005 Summary: Real soul music from Muscle Shoals Candi has had more than her share of life's problems but, when given the opportunity, she has proved that she can sing soul and disco music as brilliantly as anybody in the business. She is most famous for her disco hits, especially her international hit of 1976, Young hearts run free. The music here is from an earlier period in her career when Candi recorded for a small record label in her home state of Alabama. With Rick Hall as producer, Candi laid down these soulful recordings between 1969 and 1973. Candi's first American hit, I'd rather be an old man's sweetheart than a young man's fool, set the standard for what followed. Candi demonstrated her ability to sing soul classics such as That's how strong my love is, while she occasionally wrote her own songs such as To hear you say you're mine. Candi also covered a few country songs, adapting them to suit her style. Here you can find Candi's interpretations of Stand by your man (Tammy Wynette), He called me baby (Patsy Cline) and In the ghetto (Elvis Presley). Of the three, the most interesting is Stand by your man - very different from Tammy's version but still respectful of the original - no Tammy fan would be upset by Candi's version. Indeed, Tammy sometimes enjoyed listening to soul music so I expect she was as impressed as I am. There are many other great songs here. Apart from those already mentioned, I particularly like I'm just a prisoner, You don't love me no more, Mr and Mrs Untrue and I'll drop everything and come running, but every song here deserves to be heard. Whether singing tender ballads, heart-wrenching tales of love gone wrong or up-tempo rocking songs, Candi performs brilliantly. You can find Young hearts run free elsewhere, but if you really enjoy soul music, you will surely love this collection. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2004-02-24 | 2004-08-16 | 1995-10-10 | 2005-10-11 | 2007-10-02 | 2003-05-26 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Format | Import | - | - | Extra tracks, Import | Enhanced | Import |
| Ean | 0724359443225 | 0724359884127 | 0093624573029 | 0752211150226 | 0823134001220 | 7401552055228 |
| Upc | 724359443225 | 724359884127 | 093624573029 | 752211150226 | 823134001220 | 740155205522 |
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