Percy Sledge - It Tears Me Up (The Best Of) (1992) FLAC

Review

Percy Sledge's first single, "When a Man Loves a Woman," was an instant masterpiece of deep Southern soul, so powerful and so distinctive it made him a star overnight and helped to quickly establish Muscle Shoals, AL, as one of the major recording centers in the Southern music scene. However, "When a Man Loves a Woman" was such a big hit that it tended to overshadow everything else Percy Sledge did from that point onward; while he had a handful of smaller hits and still records and tours, few people outside of soul obsessives are aware of the full scope of his recording career. It Tears Me Up: The Best of Percy Sledge, a typically well-assembled compilation album from Rhino Records, features 23 songs Sledge cut for Atlantic during the 1960s and makes an excellent case for the consistent strength of Sledge's Atlantic catalog. While Sledge specialized in sad songs of love gone wrong, he certainly knew how to make the most of such material, and his stellar, heart-tugging performances of "Take Time to Know Her," "Warm and Tender Love," "It's All Wrong but It's Alright," and the title tune prove that Sledge had more than one brilliant performance in his repertoire. Great stuff, and certainly the best Percy Sledge collection available.
(Allmusic)

Track List

1 When A Man Loves A Woman 2:53
2 I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You 2:38
3 Put A Little Lovin' On Me 2:43
4 Love Me Like You Mean It 2:27
5 It Tears Me Up 2:48
6 Warm And Tender Love 3:20
7 Love Me Tender 3:05
8 The Dark End Of The Street 2:45
9 Take Time To Know Her 3:02
10 Try A Little Tenderness 2:48
11 Bless Your Sweet Little Soul 3:01
12 True Love Travels On A Gravel Road 2:48
13 Sudden Stop 2:45
14 Stop The World Tonight 3:14
15 It's All Wrong But It's Alright 2:57
16 Drown In My Own Tears 4:01
17 Out Of Left Field 3:15
18 Kind Woman 4:40
19 Cover Me 3:00
20 That's The Way I Want To Live My Life 2:55
21 Push Mr. Pride Aside 3:23
22 It Can't Be Stopped 3:13
23 Rainbow Road 2:51

Media Info

Genre : Jazz / Soul / R & B
Country of Origin disc : Germany
Year : 1992
Publisher (label) : Rhino
Country : USA
Audio Codec : FLAC (*. flac)
Rip type : tracks +. cue
Bitrate : lossless
Duration : 1:10:32