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Wilson Pickett - Greatest Hits (1971)

Track listing:
  1. Don't Fight It 2:11
  2. In The Midnight Hour 2:39
  3. 634-5789 2:59
  4. Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do) 2:43
  5. Land Of 1000 Dances 2:27
  6. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love 2:21
  7. Mustang Sally 3:08
  8. Soul Dance Number Three 2:40
  9. Funky Broadway 2:37
  10. I'm In Love 2:32
  11. She's Lookin' Good 2:23
  12. I Found A True Love 2:25
  13. I'm A Midnight Mover 2:26
  14. Man And A Half 2:52
  15. Hey Jude 4:07
  16. You Keep Me Hangin' On 4:56
  17. Sugar Sugar 2:59
  18. Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You 2:49
  19. Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number Nine 6:25
  20. Don't Knock My Love (Part 1) 2:24
  21. Mama Told Me Not To Come 2:41
  22. I Found A Love (with Falcons) 3:00
  23. It's Too Late 3:08
  24. If You Need Me 2:33

Notes

Wilson Pickett was one of the most consistently strong performers of the great soul era of the 1960's, but like most R&B artists of the period he was strongest in his singles, not his albums, and while he cut some fine long-players in his day, a quality compilation is still the best place to get started with The Wicked Pickett's raw but passionate music. Originally released in 1973 as a two-LP set, Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits got an upgrade to CD in the mid-1980's, and while it's value has since been supplanted by the more efficient The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett and the more thorough A Man and a Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett, this still pulls together twenty-four stellar performances from Pickett's glory days (including three recordings from his early group The Falcons). A few of the choices are not especially well advised - while not exactly awful, Pickett's versions of "Sugar, Sugar" and "You Keep Me Hanging On" may be best left to history - but can you really argue with an album that includes "Mustang Sally", "Land Of 1,000 Dances", "In The Midnight Hour", "Funky Broadway", and "634-5789 (Soulsville U.S.A.)"? Not the very best Pickett collection, but still a good one, and fine value for money if you should find it in a bargain bin.