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Carla Thomas - Stax-Volt Singles (1968)

Track listing:
  1. Stop! Look What You're Doin' 2:35
  2. Gee Whiz It's Christmas 2:48
  3. 'Cause I Love You Carla & Rufus 2:48
  4. All I Want For Christmas Is You 2:56
  5. Gee Whiz 2:23
  6. I'll Always Have Faith In You 2:57
  7. I'll Bring It Home To You 3:08
  8. A Love Of My Own 2:32
  9. Something Good (Is Going To Happen To You) 2:36
  10. When You Move You Lose Rufus & Carla 2:50
  11. A Woman's Love 2:53
  12. (Mama, Mama) Wish Me Good Luck 2:26
  13. B-A-B-Y 2:57
  14. When Tomorrow Comes 2:33
  15. I Kinda Think He Does 2:41
  16. What A Fool I've Been 2:17
  17. Comfort Me 2:42
  18. How Do You Quit (Someone You Love) 2:55
  19. That's Really Some Good Rufus & Carla 1:58
  20. Night Time Is The Right Time Rufus & Carla 2:41
  21. Birds & Bees Rufus & Carla 2:27
  22. I've Got No Time To Lose 3:03
  23. A Dime A Dozen 2:55
  24. Let Me Good To You 2:45
  25. Pick Up The Pieces 2:52

Notes

In the glorious decade and a half of sound that was Stax in the '60s and early '70s, Carla Thomas was the Queen of Memphis Soul. She was born in Memphis in 1942, and 18 years later she recorded a duet with her father Rufus Thomas, giving the fledgling Satellite label its first taste of success with the regional hit "Cause I Love You." As her 18th birthday drew nigh, she cut her first solo single, the teen ballad "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)." Written a few years earlier and rejected by Vee-Jay in Chicago, it gave Satellite its first national hit, breaking the Top Ten mark on both the R&B and pop charts. Shortly thereafter Satellite became Stax, and Carla proceeded to claw her way onto the national charts another 22 times with such immortal slices of soul as her answer song to Sam Cooke, "I'll Bring It on Home to You," as well as "Let Me Be Good to You," "B-A-B-Y," "Tramp" (with Otis Redding), and "I Like What You're Doing to Me." Carla released six solo albums and, with Redding, one duet album on Stax between 1961 and 1971.