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The Box Tops - Soul Deep: The Best Of (1996)
This disc leads off with the Box Tops' signature song "The Letter," cut when lead singer Alex Chilton was only 16 years old! Typical of many of the bands in the sixties, their chart run was brief--within two years the hits would dry up--but between 1967 and 1969 the Box Tops would turn out some classic blue-eyed soul. "Cry Like a Baby" was the only other top ten, but there were other hits like "Neon Rainbow," "Choo Choo Train," "I Met Her in Church," "Sweet Cream Ladies," and their final hit "Soul Deep." hilton would go on to achieve critical success and cult staus with Big Star in the seventies, but that band would never achieve the popular success of the Box Tops. This disc gathers the hits, failed singles and key album tracks in a wonderful collection of songs that serve as a testimony to one of the most soulful bands of the sixties. If your looking for some great blue-eyed southern soul from the sixties, you've come to the right place. The Box Tops were a band of 5 kids, led by dynamite lead singer Alex Chilton, who was only 16 years old when he joined the group. The band was relegated to doing only one thing, making great music. All the rest of the duties, including the production and most of the songwriting fell on the shoulders of Dan Penn and legendary Stax producer Chips Moman. But the person who wrote the Box Tops best music, including "The Letter, "Neon Rainbow", and "Soul Deep" were done by the great songwriter Wayne Thompson. It may have been pretty much Penn and Moman's show, but it was the gruff-voiced teenager Alex Chilton who took this band to the top of the charts. It seems like all this great music came out at one time in the late 60's. I remember when I was young kid, I used to wait in anticipation for these songs to skirt their way along the airwaves and into my 2 dollar transistor radio. I wasn't satisfied till I heard those words "gimme a ticket for an aeroplane" to come on. That 1:52 of "The Letter" was over all too fast. But I always had those other Box Tops gems like "Sweet Cream Ladies" and "Cry Like A Baby", among the others to look forward to. As quick as this band came with all this great music, they disappeared just as quick without any fanfare, and pretty much without the recognition they, and especially Alex Chilton deserved. I've followed Chilton's career closely over the years since the Box Tops...his voice never was anywhere close to being this good again. But if you want to step back in time and listen to some great and unforgettable Memphis soul, get this best of from the Tops. It's all you need.... Bob Hope
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size ca.: 115 MB
Genre : Classic rock, blue-eyed soul
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Tracklist:
01. The Letter 1.55
02. Neon Rainbow 3.03
03. Happy Times 1.46
04. Cry Like A Baby 2.34
05. Fields Of Clover 2.52
06. Choo Choo Train 2.52
07. She Shot A Hole In My Soul 2.43
08. People Gonna Talk 4.10
09. I Met Her In Church 2.43
10. Sweet Cream Ladies, Forwards March 2.15
11. Together 3.23
12. I Must Be The Devil 3.37
13. Soul Deep 2.29
14. I Shall Be Released 2.49
15. Happy Song (THE) 1.57
16. Turn On A Dream 2.50
17. I See Only Sunshine 2.16
18. You Keep Tightening Up On Me 2.53
Post je objavljen 05.01.2009. u 17:54 sati.