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Short Eyes
Soundtrack album by
Curtis Mayfield
Released1977
GenreFunk, soul
Length35:17
LabelCurtom
ProducerCurtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield chronology
A Piece of the Action (with Mavis Staples)
(1977) 		Short Eyes
(1977) 		Never Say You Can't Survive
(1977)

Short Eyes is a studio album released under Curtom Records and the soundtrack to Robert M. Young's 1977 film based upon the play of the same name by Miguel Piñero.[1] The album contains one of Mayfield's last funk hits, "Do Do Wap is Strong in Here".

Track listing

  1. “Do Do Wap is Strong in Here” - 5:28
  2. “Back Against the Wall” - 6:34
  3. “Need Someone to Love” - 3:11
  4. “A Heavy Dude” - 4:07
  5. “Short Eyes/Freak, Freak, Free, Free, Free” - 5:40
  6. “Break It Down” (H.P. Denenberg, Martin Hirch) - 4:17
  7. “Another Fool in Love” - 3:20
  8. “Father Confessor" (Instrumental) - 2:40

Personnel

[2] Inner sleeve of album.

Later samples

References

  1. ^ Canby, Vincent (28 September 1977). "Film: 'Short Eyes' Eloquently Adapted". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2019-11-20.((cite news)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Photographic image". Img10.shop-pro.jp. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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