Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

The Staple Singers

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Be Altitude: Respect Yourself Review

by Rob Bowman

The Staples' finest single album, containing three Top Ten R&B hits, "Respect Yourself," "I'll Take You There," and "This World." The first two also were pop Top 20s, "I'll Take You There" going all the way to number one.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
World
Gary William Friedman / Herb Schapiro
The Staple Singers 03:40
2
Respect Yourself
Luther Ingram / Sir Mack Rice
The Staple Singers 04:56 SpotifyAmazon
3
Name the Missing Word
Homer Banks / Bettye Crutcher / Raymond Jackson
The Staple Singers 04:07 SpotifyAmazon
4
I'll Take You There
Alvertis Isbell
The Staple Singers 04:49 SpotifyAmazon
5
This Old Town (People in This Old Town)
Don Covay / Wilson Pickett / William Stevenson
The Staple Singers 04:44 SpotifyAmazon
6
We the People
Marshall Jones / Carl Smith
The Staple Singers 03:52 SpotifyAmazon
7
Are You Sure
Homer Banks / Raymond Jackson
The Staple Singers 04:30 SpotifyAmazon
8
Who Do You Think You Are?
Roebuck "Pops" Staples
The Staple Singers 04:12
9
I'm Just Another Soldier
Homer Banks / Raymond Jackson
The Staple Singers 03:53 SpotifyAmazon
10
Who
Jeff Barry / Bobby Bloom
The Staple Singers 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
11
Walking in Water Over Our Head
J.W. Alexander / Sam Cooke
The Staple Singers 03:52
12
Heavy Makes You Happy [Alternate]
John Barry / Bobby Bloom
The Staple Singers 03:41
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