Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics
2006 studio album by Aaron Neville
Bring It On Home… The Soul Classics | ||||
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Studio album by Aaron Neville | ||||
Released | September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19) | |||
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Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 54:48 | |||
Label | Burgundy Records | |||
Producer | Stewart Levine | |||
Aaron Neville chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | [2] |
Bring It On Home… The Soul Classics is an album by Aaron Neville, in which he covers several classic soul songs that were made popular from 1957 to 1971. The album was released September 19, 2006, and reached No. 20 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart[3] and No. 38 on the Billboard 200 chart dated October 6, 2006.[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Artist | Length |
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1. | "Rainy Night in Georgia" (with Chris Botti) | Tony Joe White | Brook Benton (1969) | 4:37 |
2. | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Bill Withers | Bill Withers (1971) | 3:36 |
3. | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" |
| Otis Redding (1968) | 4:25 |
4. | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King (1961) | 3:48 | |
5. | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke (1957) | 4:12 |
6. | "Respect Yourself" (with Mavis Staples) | The Staple Singers (1971) | 4:04 | |
7. | "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
| Percy Sledge (1966) | 3:21 |
8. | "Let's Stay Together" (with Chaka Khan) |
| Al Green (1971) | 4:01 |
9. | "It's All Right" | Curtis Mayfield | The Impressions (1963) | 3:30 |
10. | "People Get Ready" (with Art Neville & David Sanborn) | Curtis Mayfield | The Impressions (1965) | 4:04 |
11. | "My Girl" | The Temptations (1964) | 3:56 | |
12. | "Ain't That Peculiar" |
| Marvin Gaye (1965) | 3:38 |
13. | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Sam Cooke | Sam Cooke (1964) | 4:08 |
14. | "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (Bonus Track) |
| Jackie Wilson (1967) | 3:28 |
Total length: | 54:48 |
Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]
Personnel
Musicians
- Aaron Neville – vocals
- Neil Larsen – acoustic piano, electric piano, organ, arrangements, horn arrangements, string arrangements (7)
- Ray Parker Jr. – electric guitar, backing vocals (9)
- Heitor Pereira – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Freddie Washington – bass, backing vocals (9)
- James Gadson – drums, backing vocals (9)
- Dan Higgins – saxophones
- David Woodford – saxophones
- Lee Thornburg – trumpet
- Stewart Levine – arrangements
- Aaron Zigman – string arrangements (1-6, 8-14)
Additional musicians
- Joe Sample – acoustic piano (3, 4, 5, 8, 14), electric piano (3, 4, 5, 8, 14)
- Art Neville – organ (10)
- Jack Ashford – tambourine (3, 6, 9, 12, 14)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (4, 5, 8, 10, 11)
- David Sanborn – saxophone (10)
- Chris Botti – trumpet (1)
- Mavis Staples – vocals (6)
- Chaka Khan – vocals (8)
- Jason Neville – backing vocals (6, 9, 14)
- Aaron Neville, Jr. – backing vocals (6, 9, 14)
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (6, 10, 14)
- Lamont Van Hook – backing vocals (6, 10, 14)
- Fred White – backing vocals (6, 10, 14)
- The Dixie Cups – backing vocals (6, 9, 12, 14):
- Barbara Anne Hawkins
- Rosa Lee Hawkins
- Athelgra Neville
Production
- Stewart Levine – producer
- Joseph DiMuro – executive producer
- Rik Pekkonen – engineer, mixing
- Wesley Fontenot – engineer
- Mathieu LeJeune – engineer
- Dean Sharenow – engineer
- Matt Weeks – engineer
- Wesley Seidman – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA)
- Pete Ganbarg – A&R
- Rich Davis – production coordination
- Jennifer Liebeskind – project direction
- Tony Ward – project direction
- Jeff Schulz – art direction, design
- Danny Clinch – photography
- Kyoko Motonaga – grooming
- April Johnson – stylist
- David Ritz – sleeve notes
- Kent Sorrell – management
Charts
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] | 20 |
US Billboard 200[4] | 37 |
References
- ^ Campbell, Al. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Robert Christgau Review". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Aaron Neville Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "Aaron Neville Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Bring It On Home… The Soul Classics (liner notes). Aaron Neville. Burgundy Records. 2006. 82876 85489 2.
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- Warm Your Heart
- The Tattooed Heart
- Christmas Prayer
- Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics
- "Tell It Like It Is"
- "Everybody Plays the Fool"
- "Don't Know Much"
- "All My Life"
- "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
- "Close Your Eyes"
- "The Grand Tour"
- "That's What My Love Is For"
- Art Neville (brother)
- Charles Neville (brother)
- Cyril Neville (brother)
- Ivan Neville (son)