Soul Dressing
Studio album by
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
ReleasedMarch 1965
Recorded1963-1964
StudioStax Recording Studio, Memphis
GenreSoul-funk, soul jazz, R&B, instrumental rock
Length31:05
LabelStax/Atlantic
ProducerJim Stewart
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
Green Onions
(1962) 		Soul Dressing
(1965) 		And Now!
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Soul Dressing is the second album by the Southern soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in 1965.[2] It was their final album with bassist Lewie Steinberg, who was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn.[5][6]

The title track peaked at No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7]

Critical reception

The Guardian deemed the album "a classic," writing that it was part of a run of albums that "delighted mods and still represent the epitome of subtle soulfulness."[8]

In popular culture

The track "Plum Nellie" was recorded by British rock band Small Faces in 1966, and released on their compilation album From the Beginning in 1967.[citation needed]

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, and Lewie Steinberg, unless noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Soul Dressing" 2:28
2."Tic-Tac-Toe" 2:34
3."Big Train" 2:32
4."Jellybread" 2:32
5."Aw' Mercy" 2:38
6."Outrage"Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg, William Allan2:35
Total length:15:19
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Night Owl Walk" 3:14
2."Chinese Checkers" 2:29
3."Home Grown" 3:14
4."Mercy Mercy"Don Covay, Ronald Alonzo Miller2:36
5."Plum Nellie" 2:07
6."Can't Be Still" 1:59

Personnel

Booker T. & the M. G.'s

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Soul Dressing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 753.
  3. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 144.
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 74.
  5. ^ "Booker T & the MG's at Allmusic biography". Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Kreps, Daniel (July 24, 2016). "Lewie Steinberg, Original Booker T. & the M.G.'s Bassist, Dead at 82". Rolling Stone.
  7. ^ "Booker T. & the MG's". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Booker T talks to Richard Williams about how he found his musical identity". the Guardian. April 9, 2009.
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