It was the first Staple Singers album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Pervis Staples was replaced by his sister Yvonne Staples prior to the recording of the album. Released in 1971, it charted at number nine on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts.
^Bowman, Rob. The Staple Singers: The Staple Swingers > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
^ abcdBuskin, Richard. "Classic Tracks: The Staple Singers 'I'll Take You There'". SoundOnSound. Sound On Sound. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ ab"The Staple Singers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
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staple, swingers, soul, album, staple, singers, released, june, 1971, studio, album, staple, singersreleasedjune, 1971recorded1970, 1971studioardent, studios, memphis, tennessee, muscle, shoals, sound, studios, muscle, shoals, alabamagenrepop, soul, length45, . The Staple Swingers is a soul album by the Staple Singers released on June 15 1971 The Staple SwingersStudio album by The Staple SingersReleasedJune 15 1971Recorded1970 1971StudioArdent Studios in Memphis Tennessee and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals AlabamaGenrePop soul 1 Length45 06LabelStaxProducerAl BellThe Staple Singers chronologyWe ll Get Over 1970 The Staple Swingers 1971 Be Altitude Respect Yourself 1972 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Christgau s Record GuideB 1 It was the first Staple Singers album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals Pervis Staples was replaced by his sister Yvonne Staples prior to the recording of the album Released in 1971 it charted at number nine on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3 1 Singles 4 References 5 External linksTrack listing editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 This Is a Perfect World Bettye Crutcher Mack Rice Tommy Tate4 202 What s Your Thing Mack Rice4 213 You ve Got to Earn It Smokey Robinson Cornelius Grant3 284 You re Gonna Make Me Cry Deadric Malone5 045 Little Boy Carson Whitsett3 256 How Do You Move a Mountain Myrna March Morris Levy2 34 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length7 Almost Harold Thomas Leroy Mason4 168 I m a Lover James Mabone Charles Bevel3 439 Love Is Plentiful Bettye Crutcher Bobby Manuel2 3010 Heavy Makes You Happy Sha Na Boom Boom Jeff Barry Bobby Bloom2 5811 I Like the Things About You Martha Stubb Roebuck Pops Staples3 2112 Give a Hand Take a Hand Barry Gibb Maurice Gibb3 55Personnel editCleotha Staples Mavis Staples Yvonne Staples lead and backing vocals Roebuck Pops Staples vocals guitar Terry Manning melodica 3 guitar 3 harmonica 3 vibraphone The Memphis Symphony Orchestra strings horns Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section Dale Warren arrangements the Bar Kays horn arrangementsTechnicalJimmy Evans Larry Hamby Terry Manning 3 engineer Joel Brodsky photographyCharts editChart 1971 PeakpositionBillboard Pop Albums 4 117Billboard Top Soul Albums 4 9Singles edit Year Single Chart positions 5 USPop USSoul1970 Love Is Plentiful 311971 Heavy Makes You Happy Sha Na Boom Boom 27 6 You ve Got to Earn It 97 11References edit a b Christgau Robert 1981 Consumer Guide 70s S Christgau s Record Guide Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor amp Fields ISBN 089919026X Retrieved March 13 2019 via robertchristgau com Bowman Rob The Staple Singers The Staple Swingers gt Review at AllMusic Retrieved 7 October 2011 a b c d Buskin Richard Classic Tracks The Staple Singers I ll Take You There SoundOnSound Sound On Sound Retrieved 26 July 2023 a b The Staple Singers US albums chart history allmusic com Retrieved 2011 10 07 The Staple Singers US singles chart history allmusic com Retrieved 2011 10 07 External links editThe Staple Singers The Staple Swingers at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Staple Swingers amp oldid 1195302697, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
