Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

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Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
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Studio album by
The Staple Singers
ReleasedFebruary 14, 1972
Recorded1971-1972
StudioMuscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
GenreSoul
Length41:22
LabelStax
ProducerAl Bell
The Staple Singers chronology
The Staple Swingers
(1971) 		Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
(1972) 		Be What You Are
(1973)

Be Altitude: Respect Yourself is a soul album by The Staple Singers released on February 14, 1972.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[2]

It includes the hit songs "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". The musicians are the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns, augmented by overdubbed guitar, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron and harmonica by Terry Manning.

"We The People" was frequently used as a campaign song for U.S. President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election in the United States.

Track listing[]

# Title Writer(s) Time
1 "This World" William Friedman, Herb Schapiro 3:36
2 "Respect Yourself" Luther Ingram, Mack Rice 4:54
3 "Name the Missing Word" Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson 4:00
4 "I'll Take You There" Alvertis Isbell 4:43
5 "This Old Town (People in This Town)" Don Covay, Wilson Pickett, William Stevenson 4:39
6 "We the People" Booker T. Jones, Carl Smith 3:50
7 "Are You Sure" Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson 4:27
8 "Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ the Superstar)?" Pops Staples 4:10
9 "I'm Just Another Soldier" Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson 3:50
10 "Who" Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom 3:13

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 19
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 3

Singles[]

Year Single Chart positions[4]
US
Pop 		US
Soul
1971 "Respect Yourself" 12 2
1972 "I'll Take You There" 1 1
"This World" 38 6

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bowman, Rob. The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 07 October 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Staple Singers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  4. ^ "The Staple Singers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
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