Album Details

Greatest Hits [Right Stuff]

RELEASE
LABEL
The Right Stuff
GENRES
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Country Soul, Smooth Soul, Southern Soul

Album Review

Managed and produced by the late and notorious Johnny Baylor, the guy many accused of causing Stax's demise, Luther Ingram had a rich, soulful tenor that dripped with soul. He recorded many classic deep soul sagas, hitting his pinnacle with "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)," a gripper that passionately justified infidelity, with a whining guitar underscoring Ingram's heartfelt testimonial to his outside woman. The soulful "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)" dropped before "If Loving You" and should have been Ingram's first monster. You'll have to search a bit to find a more endearing tribute from a man to his woman. The midtempo, good-time feeling "I'll Be Your Shelter," like the previous two tracks, was co-written by Homer Banks, a Southern soul songwriting fool. It did well on the charts and provided a break from the heavy ballads, which was likewise for the joyful "My Honey & Me." Other goodies include "Steal Away to the Hideaway," "Missing You" and a scrumptious remake of Sam Cooke's "You Were Made for Me." Ingram's adaptation to Stax surprised many; before Stax, he had recorded urban and Northern soul 45s for tiny companies that were little more than P.O. boxes.
Andrew Hamilton, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time of Storm)
  2. Always
  3. Pity for the Lonely
  4. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
  5. My Honey and Me
  6. To the Other Man
  7. Love Ain't Gonna Run Me Away
  8. Missing You
  9. I Like the Feeling
  10. Get to Me
  11. Be Good to Me Baby
  12. Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
  13. Do You Love Somebody
  14. You Were Made for Me
  15. I'll Love You Until the End
  16. Let's Steal Away to the Hideaway