The Staple Swingers

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The first Staples disc to be recorded with Stax producer Al Bell and the first made with sister Yvonne as Tyrone's replacement, 1971's The Staple Swingers is best known for producing the hit single "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)." But it's one of the group's finest overall moments--there's nary a clunker on this outing. Recorded at Muscle Shoals with horn arrangements and playing by the Bar-Kays, this disc is the flowering of the Staple Singers' mid-tempo, gospel-flavored '70s funk-pop. "This Is a Perfect World," an uplifting antiviolence anthem, melds Sly Stone-style acid-funk to the Staples's pure vocals. Check out "What's Your Thing": that snaking Delta slide by Pops is still in the mix, but there's a whole lot more--bluesy organ lines, bad-ass bass, heavy guitar, the works. The Staple Swingers is the group's bluesiest, grittiest release, and charts the move from the soul-folk style of the '60s into the primo funk-pop of their Stax heyday. --Mike McGonigal

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The Staple Swingers
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A wondeful cross over for the STape Singers
 The Staple Swingers
The Staple Singers
Manufacturer: Stax
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000ZLL
Release Date: 1996-04-02

Tracks:

  1. This Is A Perfect World
  2. What's Your Thing
  3. You've Got To Earn It
  4. You're Gonna Make Me Cry
  5. Little Boy
  6. How Do You Move A Mountain
  7. Almost
  8. I'm A Lover
  9. Love Is Plentiful
  10. Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
  11. I Like The Things About You
  12. Give A Hand - Take A Hand

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The first Staples disc to be recorded with Stax producer Al Bell and the first made with sister Yvonne as Tyrone's replacement, 1971's The Staple Swingers is best known for producing the hit single "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)." But it's one of the group's finest overall moments--there's nary a clunker on this outing. Recorded at Muscle Shoals with horn arrangements and playing by the Bar-Kays, this disc is the flowering of the Staple Singers' mid-tempo, gospel-flavored '70s funk-pop. "This Is a Perfect World," an uplifting antiviolence anthem, melds Sly Stone-style acid-funk to the Staples's pure vocals. Check out "What's Your Thing": that snaking Delta slide by Pops is still in the mix, but there's a whole lot more--bluesy organ lines, bad-ass bass, heavy guitar, the works. The Staple Swingers is the group's bluesiest, grittiest release, and charts the move from the soul-folk style of the '60s into the primo funk-pop of their Stax heyday. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A wondeful cross over for the STape Singers.......1999-04-30

I have a copy of this cd, and it is a mind opening experence. IT shows the Staples crossing over to a new message in their music.

This is a cd that shows off their talents for reacing people out of the church circut.
The Staple Swingers
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    		The Staple Swingers
    The Staple Singers
    Manufacturer: Stax
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    GospelGospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | R&B | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00005TNPV
    Release Date: 2002-07-30

    Tracks:

    1. This Is a Perfect World
    2. What's Your Thing
    3. You've Got to Earn It
    4. You're Gonna Make Me Cry
    5. Little Boy
    6. How Do You Move a Mountain
    7. Almost
    8. I'm a Lover
    9. Love Is Plentiful
    10. Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
    11. I Like the Things About You
    12. Give a Hand, Take a Hand

    Album Description

    2002 24-bit remastered reissue of the gospel-soul act's 1971 album for Stax. Digipak.

    Music:

    1. (There's Gotta Be) More to Life [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
    2. Time 1
    3. Timeless
    4. Top Hits of the Sixties: Coolest Hits
    5. Train Don't Leave Me: The First Annual Sacred Steel Convention
    6. Wade in the Water, Vol. 1: African American Gospel - The Concert Tradition [Live]
    7. Wade In The Water, Vol. 3: African American Gospel
    8. Wade In The Water, Vol. 4: African American Community Gospel
    9. When My Back's Against The Wall
    10. Windows

    Music

    Music