Percy Sledge - The Very Best Of Percy Sledge (2011/2015) (Hi-Res)

Tracklist:

1. When A Man Loves A Woman 02:53
2. Out Of Left Field 03:30
3. Take Time To Know Her 03:03
4. Warm And Tender Love 03:15
5. Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms) 03:32
6. The Dark End Of The Street 02:46
7. Cover Me 02:48
8. Sudden Stop 02:46
9. Baby Help Me 02:30
10. It Tears Me Up 02:48
11. My Special Prayer 03:02
12. You're All Around Me 03:02

This nice, 12-song budget reissue of Percy's vinyl album for Atlantic features the hits 'When a Man Loves a Woman,' 'Take Time to Know Her,' and 'It Tears Me Up,' along with interesting covers like 'The Dark End of the Street' and 'Just Out of Reach.' If you're only going to buy one Percy Sledge best-of package, this is it.

„Spooner Oldham's haunting Farfisa organ sets the mood, the Stax rhythm section kicks in, Percy wails and the song climaxes with a great horn-section ostinato - released in 1966, 'When a Man Loves a Woman' is one of the great soul ballads, its message of sacrifice and surrender remaining timelessly romantic. Coarse-voiced and abso- lutely passionate, Sledge hadn't the endurance or distinctiveness to be one of R&B's premier figures, but he's one of the most heartfelt.' (Rolling Stone)

Percy Sledge, vocals

Produced by Marlin Greene, Quin Ivy

Digitally remastered