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Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0025218411622
Label: Stax
Manufacturer: Stax
MPN: 4116
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Stax
Release Date: November 16, 1989
Studio: Stax
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Editorial Review:
In the 1960s, the Staple Singers began to make music that spoke to a wider audience than their core gospel fans. Gospel had served as the musical backbone for the Civil Rights movement from the beginning, but Pops Staples was spurred on by the inspirational messages of Martin Luther King Jr. to address more explicitly these issues. This 1972 record, an apex of groovy, mellow soul music (thanks to Al Bell's production and the definition-of-funky Muscle Shoals rhythm section), landed the group three Top 10 R&B hits and their first pop chart-topper, the joyous, bouncy "I'll Take You There." The Staples were always a one-of-a-kind gospel group; they managed to be the only one to inhabit the Top 10 without ever diluting their messages of tolerance, respect, and love. Who can fault any great preacher for wanting to spread the word to as many people as possible, especially when it sounds this glorious? --Mike McGonigal
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Some things just get better with age
The Be Altitude CD by the Staples Singers is an example of a genre of music which I am afraid is being lost to today's listeners. Given the overproduced/techno sounds of so much current music, the spare soul/funk/gospel tunes of the Staples Singers are a real listening pleasure. Be sure to check out 'Freedoms Highway' by the group as well.
Rating: - Muscle Shoals not Memphis
This album along with Aretha's I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You introduced the world to the Muscle Shoals Sound and the solo guitar work by Eddie Hinton on I'll Take You There is so smooth!
Rating: - A Golden Classic!
This album is what probably the Staple Singers' spring board to becoming more of a house hold name. The creative juices from the production, writers, musicians, songs and the Staple Singers' vocal delivery must have been created by some kind of divine intervention!
Unforgettable classics like "I'll Take You There" pretty much started it all. This song is still a favorite, even after 30+ years, it's still fresh. From radio to t.v. commercials - you can't escape it. "Respect Yourself" ... Read More
Rating: - A great Stax album of the Staple Singers from 1972!!
This was the first album of the Staple Singers that I purchased on CD. I mainly got it to find out how their hit Respect Yourself sounds as well as I'll Take You There. I'm sure pleased that I did get this CD. Respect Yourself is almost five minutes long (while the single of it was only three and a half); this song is one of my favorite of theirs, as it tells you that if you disrespect anybody that you run into, you are disrespecting yourself as well. That is a great song. I also love I'll Take You ... Read More
Rating: - Soulful!
This happens to be my favorite musical group of all time. Their songs are easy to understand the words to and the words are fantastic. Very spiritual/moving/meaningful but still a great sound!! Was one of my fav record albums in the 70's and now I have it as a fav CD in the 2000's!!
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