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James Carr - A Man Needs A Woman (Kent) (1968)

Track listing:
  1. A Man Needs A Woman 2:49
  2. Stronger Than Love 2:31
  3. More Love 2:42
  4. You Didn't Know It Buy You Had Me 2:00
  5. A Woman Is A Man's Best Friend 3:33
  6. I'm A Fool For You 2:00
  7. Life Turned Her That Way 2:38
  8. Gonna Send You Back To Georgia 2:17
  9. The Dark End Of The Street 2:34
  10. I Sowed Love And Reaped A Heartache 2:27
  11. You've Got My Mind Messed Up 2:27
  12. A Losing Game 2:01
  13. A Message To Young Lovers 2:44
  14. Let It Happen 2:38
  15. You Gotta Have Soul 1:49
  16. You Hurt So Good 2:00
  17. I Can't Turn You Loose 2:08
  18. Let's Face Facts 2:26
  19. Who's Been Warming My Oven 3:19
  20. Please Your Woman 3:43
  21. Your Love Madea U-Turn 2:15
  22. The Lifetime Of A Man 2:26
  23. Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong 2:46
  24. Ring Of Fire 2:57

Notes

Along with his other original Goldwax LP, You Got My Mind Messed Up, James Carr's Man Needs a Woman represents one of the high watermarks of Southern soul music. And beyond his tonal resemblance to Otis Redding, Carr was as distinct a voice as the genre ever produced. Compilations on both Kent (Complete Goldwax Singles) and Razor & Tie (The Essential James Carr) are certainly good places to start, but this LP might be even a better introductory title, especially considering the likelihood one will want to obtain all of Carr's prime late-'60s work. Whether Carr revels in the up-tempo soul of "I'm a Fool for Your" or stops the presses on sanctified slow-burners like "You've Got My Mind Messed Up" and the Dan Penn and Chips Moman-penned classic "Dark End of the Street," the intensity never falters.