Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I Found A Love
2. Its Too Late
3. In the Midnight Hour
4. Don't Fight It
5. 634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)
6. Ninety Nine And A Half (Won't Do)
7. Land of 1000 Dances
8. Mustang Sally
9. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
10. Soul Dance Number Three
11. Funky Broadway
12. I'm In Love
13. Stag-O-Lee
14. Jealous Love
15. She's Lookin Good

Disc 2:

1. I'm A Midnight Mover
2. I Found A True Love
3. Man and a Half
4. Hey Jude
5. Mini-Skirt Minnie
6. Hey Joe
7. You Keep Me Hanging On
8. Sugar Sugar
9. She Said Yes
10. Engine Number 9
11. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
12. Don't Knock My Love-Pt.1
13. Call My Name, I'll Be There
14. Fire And Water
15. Funk Factory

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7096 in Music
• Brand: Wilson
• Released on: 2006-07-11
• Number of discs: 2

Album Description
Wilson Pickett embodies soul music at its funkiest, most forceful, and sweat-drenched best in this amazing collection.

Customer Reviews

Not Definitive
When Wilson Pickett died last year, it seemed his classic Atlantic catalog
- long overdue for a domestic upgrade - just might get the TLC it deserves. Death can either stimulate interest in a neglected legend's work (Ray Charles and Johnny Cash for two recent examples), or not if tragedy is compounded by indifference, and for Pickett fans there just isn't much available in the marketplace. The soul great recorded his most rewarding music for Atlantic from 1962 until 1973, and yet aside from some substandard (sonically and in terms of packaging) titles reissued by Collectables, all we get are the same old repackagings. A decade ago Rhino released two superp expanded editions of Pickett gems, "I'm In Love" (1968) and "In Philadelphia" (1970), both long out of print.
Now Pickett is victim of the "Definitive Soul Collection" treatment. This double CD set collects a mere 30 tracks, 15 per disc, and the selection is deeply obvious. For those who want a solid overview, Rhino's "A Man And A Half," released back in 1992, features 44 tracks including some rarities such as a pair of blistering live performances as well as a decent essay, annotation, a discography, and more. It remains the best Pickett compilation that is fairly easy to find. Of course there is much, much more, and I hope somebody sees that Pickett gets the posthumous respect he so deserved during the last decades of his life.
In short, this "Definitive" collection, designed for the casual buyer I suppose, is another travesty in the recent series, and should be avoided.

The Wicked Pickett at his best!
Along with Rhino's other "Definitive Collections", the remastering on this release is impeccable and easily the best sounding Wilson Pickett collection you'll hear. It's not as thorough as "Man & A Half", but it's a revelation to hear these tunes in pristine sound! The cd covers the best of his work. Starting with the Falcons up in Detroit, and then heading to Memphis at Stax. It just gets better as he heads to Muscle Shoals and then to Chips Moman's studio in Memphis. It ends with his work with Gamble/Huff and then back to Muscle Shoals.
This is essential soul music. Lord, have mercy!!