Track Listing

1. Mr. Creator - Apollas
2. Afternoon of the Rhino
3. I Can't Break the News to Myself - Ben E. King
4. Lil Ole Man (Uptight - Everything's Alright) - Bill Cosby
5. Just Can't Live My Life
6. Something's Burning - The Marvellos
7. Don't Pity Me - Joanie Sommers
8. Here I Go Again - Archie Bell & the Drells
9. Stirrin' Up Some Soul - The Marketts
10. Fireman
11. Baby Help Me - Percy Sledge
12. Catch Me I'm Falling - Esther Phillips
13. Joker (On a Trip Through the Jungle)
14. Thank You Baby for Loving Me - Soul Brothers Six
15. Got My Baby Back - Lorraine Ellison
16. Man with the Golden Touch
17. Take Your Love and Run - Barbara Lynn
18. Where Did I Go Wrong?
19. That's What You Do to Me - Deon Jackson
20. Bar-B-Q
21. Don't You Even Care - Leslie Uggams
22. Keep Me in Suspense - Mary Wells
23. King of the Horse - The Delights Orchestra
24. You Forgot How to Love - Patti Labelle & the Bluebelles
25. Something New to Do - Bobby Sheen
26. Yes to the Lord - Stovall Sisters

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #161130 in Music
• Released on: 2003-08-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

After Hours 2: More Northern Soul Masters
Here's another blistering compilation of American soul that we have to go to England for. This 26-song disc comes from Warner and includes rarities from the Warner Bros., Atlantic, Atco, Loma and Reprise labels from 1964-72. This one is just as good for cranking on a car stereo on a summer night (as I discovered one night last summer in NYC) as it is on a dance floor.
Many of the tracks are lesser-known cuts by better-known acts ("Baby Help Me" by Percy Sledge, the bouncing "Here I Go Again" by Archie Bell & the Drells, Ben E. King's string-filled "I Can't Break the News to Myself"), along with a tracks by people better known for other things (Bill Cosby's lighthearted romp through Stevie Wonder's "Uptight," future TV theme-meister Mike Post's stirring instrumental "Afternoon of the Rhino" and Leslie Uggams' snappy 2-minute stomper "Don't You Even Care"). And in most cases, no way does lesser-known mean lesser quality. Most of these songs qualify as parallel-universe top-40 hits. There are some average tunes, such as Mary Wells' "Keep Me in Suspense" and Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles' "You Forgot How to Love," but they're the exception.
The most radiant of the rarely heard gems: Joanie Sommers' tough-yet-resilient vocals over the deliberate, piano-driven stomp of "Don't Pity Me"; Deon Jackson (of "Love Makes the World Go Round" fame) delivering more smooth vocals over a dynamic horn bed on "That's What You Do to Me"; "King of the Horse," The Delights Orchesta's raging response to arguably the best soul instrumental of them all, Cliff Nobles' "The Horse"; and "Fireman" by Vala Reegan & the Valarons -- think a high-rev "Come See About Me" with a tribal beat, rhythmic guitar accents and timely horn bursts.

Too Much Soul!
Vol 2 of After Hours is just as much fun as Vol 1 and Vol 3. Oh, What a pleasant variety of dynamic and charismatic performances by various brothers and sisters of soul.