Mr. Excitement!

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Mr. Excitement!
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Compilation album by
Jackie Wilson
ReleasedNovember 10, 1992 (1992-11-10)
Recorded1956–1975
GenreR&B
LabelRhino Records
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars [1]
Rolling Stone4/5 stars [2]

Mr. Excitement! is a 1992 Rhino Records three disc compilation album of the music of R&B singer Jackie Wilson, covering his entire career from 1956 through the early 1970s, including his early work with Billy Ward and His Dominoes. Wilson was one of the most successful R&B artists ever, entering the charts over 50 times.[1] The album contains 72 tracks and, in 2003, it was ranked number 235 on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[3] and 236 in a 2012 revised list.[4]

Track listing[]

Disc one[]

  1. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy)
  2. "St. Therese of the Roses" ( and )
  3. "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" (Tyran Carlo / Berry Gordy Jr.)
  4. "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (Gus Edwards / Edward Madden)
  5. "Danny Boy" (Frederick Edward Weatherly)
  6. "Right Now!" ( / Randy Starr)
  7. "" (Tyran Carlo / Berry Gordy Jr.)
  8. "" (Berry Gordy Jr. / Tyran Carlo)
  9. "Singing a Song" (Jackie Wilson)
  10. "To Be Loved" (Berry Gordy Jr. / Tyran Carlo)
  11. "Lonely Teardrops" (Gwen Fuqua / Berry Gordy Jr. / Tyran Carlo)
  12. "I'll Be Satisfied" (Tyran Carlo / Berry Gordy Jr.)
  13. "You Better Know It" (Jackie Wilson)
  14. "Talk That Talk" ()
  15. "" (Benny Davis / Ted Murray)
  16. "" (Winfield Scott / Lionel Belasco)
  17. "That's Why (I Love You So)" (Tyran Carlo / Berry Gordy Jr.)
  18. "" ()
  19. "Wishing Well" (Jackie Wilson)
  20. "So Much" (Jackie Wilson / / )
  21. "" (Steve Davis / Ted Murray)
  22. "Night" (John Lehman / Herb Miller)
  23. "Doggin' Around" ()
  24. "" (Lena Agree)

Disc two[]

  1. "" ()
  2. "(You Were Made for) All My Love" (Jackie Wilson / Billy Myles)
  3. "A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" (Sidney Wyche)
  4. "Am I the Man" (Bob Hamilton / Tom King)
  5. "Alone at Last" (John Lehman)
  6. "My Empty Arms" (Al Kasha)
  7. "The Tear of the Year" (Peter Udell / )
  8. "" (Billy Myles)
  9. "Please Tell Me Why" ()
  10. "I'm Comin' on Back to You" (Horace Ott / Al Kasha)
  11. "" (Horace Ott / Alonzo Tucker / R. Adams )
  12. "" (Alonzo Tucker / Jackie Wilson / M. Levy)
  13. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler)
  14. "" (Al Kasha / )
  15. "My Heart Belongs to Only You" (Frank Daniels / Dorothy Daniels)
  16. "" (Billy Myles)
  17. "I Found Love" (Alonzo Tucker / Jackie Wilson)
  18. "" (Alonzo Tucker / Jackie Wilson)
  19. "Baby Workout" (Jackie Wilson / Alonzo Tucker)
  20. "Shake a Hand" (Joe Morris)
  21. "" (Alonzo Tucker / Jackie Wilson)
  22. "" (Alonzo Tucker / Paul Tarnopol)
  23. ""
  24. "" ()

Disc three[]

  1. "" (R. Adams)
  2. "Danny Boy" (Frederick Edward Weatherly)
  3. "" (Alonzo Tucker / Jackie Wilson)
  4. "Think Twice" (Charlie Singleton)
  5. "I Believe" ( / / Al Stillman / Ervin Drake)
  6. "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)" (David Scott / Barbara Acklin)
  7. "I've Lost You" (Van McCoy)
  8. "Who Am I?" (Bert Keyes / )
  9. "" ( / Robert Wright)
  10. "I Don't Want to Lose You" ( / Carl Davis)
  11. ""
  12. "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" ( / / )
  13. "" (Carl Smith / Gary Jackson / )
  14. "Open the Door to Your Heart" (Darrell Banks)
  15. "Chain Gang" (Sam Cooke)
  16. "" (Quincy Jones / Marilyn Bergman)
  17. "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" (Van McCoy / )
  18. "For Once in My Life" ( / Ron Miller)
  19. "" (Daniel Moore)
  20. "" (J. Perry)
  21. "" (Eugene Record)
  22. ""
  23. "" (James Thompson)
  24. "Don't Burn No Bridges" ()

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bowman, Rob. Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement! (1992) album review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Palmer, Robert (February 4, 1993). "Jackie Wilson - Mr. Excitement! (1992) album review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Mr. Excitement! - Jackie Wilson Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Rolling Stone magazine. Retrieved: 2012-04-02.
  4. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
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