A Man Needs a Woman
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A Man Needs a Woman is a 1968 album
by James Carr
. This would be the last of Carr's albums until his come-back album Take Me to the Limit in 1991.
After Carr's death in 2001, Kent Records
re-released the album with several bonus tracks in 2003.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by James Carr
James Carr (musician)
James Carr , was an American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer.Born to a Baptist preacher's family in Coahoma, Mississippi, Carr began singing in church and was performing in gospel groups and making tables on an assembly line in Memphis, Tennessee, when he began recording in the mid-'60s for Goldwax...
. This would be the last of Carr's albums until his come-back album Take Me to the Limit in 1991.
After Carr's death in 2001, Kent Records
Kent Records
Kent Records was a Los Angeles based record label, launched in the 1960s by the Bihari brothers. It was a follow up to the bankrupted Modern Records and reissued Modern's records. It was later bought by Ace Records, England, which used the label name to release Northern Soul records.The label...
re-released the album with several bonus tracks in 2003.
Track listing
- "A Man Needs a Woman" (O. B. McClintonO. B. McClintonObie Burnett McClinton was a Black country music singer and songwriter. The second-youngest child born to Rev. G. A. McClinton, a clergyman and farmer who owned his own ranch in Mississippi, not far from Memphis, Tennessee...
) – 2:49 - "Stronger Than Love" (Clarence Shields) – 2:31
- "More Love" – 1:59
- "You Didn't Know It But You Had Me " (Dolly Greer, George Jackson) – 1:59
- "A Woman Is a Man's Best Friend" (Quinton Claunch, Rudolph V. "Doc" Russell) – 3:33
- "I'm a Fool for You" (Earl Cage, Claunch, Greer, Jackson, Russell) – 2:00
- "Life Turned Her That Way " (Harlan HowardHarlan HowardHarlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
) – 2:38 - "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia" (J. Hammonds Jr., Johnnie Mae Matthews) – 2:17
- "The Dark End of the StreetThe Dark End of the Street"The Dark End of the Street" is a 1967 soul song written by Muscle Shoals songwriters Dan Penn and Chips Moman and first performed by James Carr...
" (Chips MomanChips MomanLincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman is an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. As a record producer, Moman is known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1960s...
, Dan PennDan PennDan Penn is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and sometime guitar player who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s including "Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "Out of Left Field" & "Cry Like A Baby"...
) – 2:34 - "I Sowed Love and Reaped a Heartache" – 2:27
- "You've Got My Mind Messed Up" (McClinton) – 2:27
2003 Bonus Tracks
- "A Losing Game" (James Carr, Denny Weaver) – 2:01
- "A Message to Young Lovers" (Claunch, Russell) – 2:44
- "Let It Happen" (Spooner OldhamSpooner OldhamDewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha...
, Dan Penn) – 2:38 - "You Gotta Have Soul" – 1:49
- "You Hurt So Good" – 2:00
- "I Can't Turn You Loose" – 2:08
- "Let's Face Facts" (Lee Jones, Harold Thomas) – 2:26
- "Who's Been Warming My Oven" – 3:19
- "Please Your Woman" – 3:43
- "Your Love Made a U-Turn" – 2:15
- "The Lifetime of a Man" – 2:26
- "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong " – 2:46
- "Ring of FireRing of Fire (song)"Ring of Fire" or "The Ring of Fire" is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash's 1963 compilation album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash...
" (June Carter CashJune Carter CashValerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...
, Merle KilgoreMerle KilgoreWyatt Merle Kilgore was an American singer, songwriter, and manager.-Early life:Although born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Merle Kilgore was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was the son of Wyatt and Gladys B. Kilgore...
) – 2:57