James Carr, The Essential James Carr - 50m 40s

Tracks & Durations

1. You've Got My Mind Messed Up	2:23
2. I'm a Fool for You	2:00
3. You Didn't Know It But You Had Me	2:38
4. The Dark End of the Street	2:33
5. Lovable Girl	2:27
6. Stronger Than Love	2:27
7. I Gotta Go	2:23
8. Love Attack	2:53
9. You Don't Want Me	2:38
10. A Man Needs a Woman	2:42
11. Coming Back to Me Baby	2:02
12. Forgetting You	2:55
13. Pouring Water on a Drowning Man	2:40
14. These Ain't Raindrops	2:30
15. Freedom Train	2:19
16. What Can I Call My Own?	2:41
17. I'm Going for Myself Now	2:24
18. Gonna Send You Back to Georgia	2:13
19. Let It Happen	2:23
20. To Love Somebody	3:17

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Review

While Memphis's Stax Records was perfecting deep Southern soul in the mid- to late 1960s, small cross-town rival Goldwax was trying desperately and failing to keep up. But if nothing else, Goldwax deserves significant credit for unleashing James Carr, a gospel-steeped, hair-raising vocalist with enormous range and incredible passion. Carr was in some ways Goldwax's answer to Stax's Otis Redding, but Carr's voice was even thicker and coarser than Redding's. The urgency and depth of feeling that Carr gives these 20 burning cuts are nothing short of astonishing, especially considering the fact that he was a quiet, confused, and troubled soul off-mic. Like Redding, Carr was a master at letting the music play him; when he lets loose with a screech, moan, or sigh, he almost sounds possessed while in its throes. If not for his personal problems, the Essential James Carr might have wound up being a four-disc box set, but this collection of unparalleled country soul will have to suffice. --Marc Greilsamer

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