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Taking the drama of a love triangle to logical extremes, Millie Jackson's Caught Up turns the pitfalls of tainted love into the basis for a concept album (the seeds for soul music's explicit treatment of the topic having been planted by James Carr's "Dark End of the Street"). While the "other woman's" view is taken up initially on cuts like the R&B hit "If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right," the wife's plight is covered on the second half of the disc with revealing titles like "It's All Over but the Shouting." Jackson also delivers some of her patented racy commentary on the appropriately named "The Rap," while showing equal vigor in the album's wealth of fine vocal performances, including an impressive cover of Bobby Womack's "I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You." Caught Up's standout track, though, is the version of Bobby Goldsboro's "Summer" that closes the record. Seemingly out of sync with the overriding concept, the song touches upon a girl's loss of innocence to an older man. One soon realizes, though, that beyond sexual awakening, Jackson is really emphasizing the point of no return: After the epiphany, one is sent hurdling toward the power struggles and politics of adult relations, including, potentially, the moral crossroads of infidelity. Luckily, as soon as your mind overloads from pop semiotics, the in-the-pocket grooves supplied by the Muscle Shoals Swampers provides the needed salve. Jackson shows both brains and soul on this fine release, creating what might be the only concept album one can dance and drink to.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
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(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, Composer, MainArtist - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - NDE Music, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
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(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, Composer, MainArtist - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - King Sterling, Composer
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, MainArtist - Phillip Mitchell, Composer - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Peermusic III Ltd, MusicPublisher - Billy Clements, Composer
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, Composer, MainArtist - Warner Chappell North America ltd, MusicPublisher - King Sterling, Composer - Double Ak-Shun, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, MainArtist - Phillip Mitchell, Composer - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, MainArtist - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer - ABKCO Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Emi Unart Catalog Inc, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, MainArtist - Bobby Goldsboro, Composer - EMI UNITED PARTNERSHIP LTD, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, MainArtist - Phillip Mitchell, Composer - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Billy Clements, Composer
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, MainArtist - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer - ABKCO Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Emi Unart Catalog Inc, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Millie Jackson, MainArtist - Mick Ralphs, Composer - Paul Rodgers, Composer - Warner Chappell Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Carl Hampton, Composer - Homer Banks, Composer - The Muscle Shoals Swampers, MainArtist - Universal Music Pub Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records
Album review
Taking the drama of a love triangle to logical extremes, Millie Jackson's Caught Up turns the pitfalls of tainted love into the basis for a concept album (the seeds for soul music's explicit treatment of the topic having been planted by James Carr's "Dark End of the Street"). While the "other woman's" view is taken up initially on cuts like the R&B hit "If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right," the wife's plight is covered on the second half of the disc with revealing titles like "It's All Over but the Shouting." Jackson also delivers some of her patented racy commentary on the appropriately named "The Rap," while showing equal vigor in the album's wealth of fine vocal performances, including an impressive cover of Bobby Womack's "I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You." Caught Up's standout track, though, is the version of Bobby Goldsboro's "Summer" that closes the record. Seemingly out of sync with the overriding concept, the song touches upon a girl's loss of innocence to an older man. One soon realizes, though, that beyond sexual awakening, Jackson is really emphasizing the point of no return: After the epiphany, one is sent hurdling toward the power struggles and politics of adult relations, including, potentially, the moral crossroads of infidelity. Luckily, as soon as your mind overloads from pop semiotics, the in-the-pocket grooves supplied by the Muscle Shoals Swampers provides the needed salve. Jackson shows both brains and soul on this fine release, creating what might be the only concept album one can dance and drink to.
© Stephen Cook /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:59
- Main artists: Millie Jackson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ACE RECORDS
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
(C) 2012 Ace Records (P) 2012 Ace Records - This product is protected by a registered watermark patent. All copying prohibited.
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