Behind Closed Doors: Where Country Meets Soul by Various Artists [Audio CD]

Description: Tracks:THE GRAND TOUR - Aaron NevilleHE'LL HAVE TO GO - Solomon BurkeTAKE TIME TO KNOW HER - Percy SledgeI SAW ME - Esther PhillipsMY ELUSIVE DREAMS - Moses & Joshua DillardHANGIN' ON - Ann PeeblesMY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU - Bobby SheenWINGS UPON YOUR HORNS - Tami LynnBEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS - The LimelitesI'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY - Al GreenLIFE TURNED HER THAT WAY - James CarrHE CALLED ME BABY - Candi StatonTHE CHOKIN' KIND - Z Z HillYOURS LOVE - Joe SimonYOUR GOOD GIRL'S GONNA GO BAD - Cookie JacksonDETROIT CITY - Arthur AlexanderGENTLE ON MY MIND - Tony BordersDON'T TOUCH ME - Bettye SwannSET ME FREE - Clarence CarterBEHIND CLOSED DOORS - Little MiltonIF YOU'RE NOT BACK IN LOVE BY MONDAY (ALTERNATE VOCAL MIX) - Millie JacksonSKIP A ROPE - Joe TexSHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE - Brook Benton Performer Notes: It may open up with Aaron Neville's 1993 rendition of George Jones' classic "The Grand Tour," but Ace's 2012 compilation Behind Closed Doors: Where Country Meets Soul focuses on the golden age of country soul -- the late '60s and early '70s, the age when the borders between these two strands of southern American music became decidedly blurring. And many of the 23 cuts on Behind Closed Doors are firmly within the Southern soul tradition -- slow, smoky, gritty, and soulful, anchored by languid stride piano and buttressed by muscular horns. Most of the sides slide by at a slow tempo, rhythms that usually groove to a deep funk and occasionally are given a sweet, smooth soul veneer (the Limelites' "Before the Next Teardrop Falls") but often the proceedings are stately, the better to showcase the singer (Percy Sledge's "Take Time to Know Her," Tony Borders' "Gentle On My Mind," Solomon Burke's "He'll Have to Go," Brook Benton's "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"). All this slowness means that the cuts that do pick up the tempo really stand out from the pack: Cookie Jackson's take on Tammy Wynette's "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" blazes, and Moses & Joshua Dillard's ebullient rendition of Wynette & David Houston's "My Elusive Dreams" is positively addictive. But even if there's not a whole lot of variety here, there are plenty of good cuts that capture country-soul at its best. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Release Date: 3 July, 2012 Label: Unbranded Dimensions: 12.3 x 14.2 x 1.2 centimeters (0.06 kg)

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