Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits

by Johnnie Taylor

Overview

Johnnie Taylor's career covered enough ground (and enough different record labels) that trying to sum it up on a single disc would really take some doing, and Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits is not the LP designed to do that job. Despite the title, Chronicle is a collection focusing exclusively on Taylor's work for Stax, meaning his disco-funk material for Columbia (including his biggest chart hit, "Disco Lady") doesn't make the cut; neither do his late-period soul-blues recordings for Malaco, nor his early gospel material with the Highway Q.C.'s or the Soul Stirrers. But if you're looking for a single-LP anthology of Taylor's best stuff for Stax, this will give you what you need; it includes several late-'60s/early-'70s hits, including "Who's Makin' Love?," "Cheaper to Keep Her," and "Stop Doggin' Me," as well as a number of lesser-known classics that capture the gruff but heartfelt vocal style and "learned-it-the-hard-way" lyrical perspective that were the hallmarks of Taylor's work. Deciding which Johnnie Taylor collection to get is largely a matter of deciding which part of Taylor's career you're most interested in, but if you want a solid dose of his Southern soul sides for Stax, then Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits is just what you need. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/1991
Label:	Stax / Universal
UPC:	0025218300629
Rank:	6228

Tracks

1. Who's Making Love?
2. Take Care of Your Homework
3. Testify (I Wanna)
4. I Could Never Be President
5. Love Bones
6. Steal Away
7. I Am Somebody, Pt. 1
8. Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone
9. I Don't Wanna Lose You
10. Hijackin' Love
11. Standing in for Jody
12. Doing My Own Thing, Pt. 1
13. Stop Doggin' Me
14. I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)
15. Cheaper to Keep Her
16. We're Getting Careless With Our Love
17. I've Been Born Again
18. It's September
19. Try Me Tonight
20. Just Keep on Loving Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnnie Taylor   Primary Artist
Carla Thomas   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Alvertis Isbell   Composer
Sir Mack Rice   Composer
Thomas Kelly   Composer
Bettye Crutcher   Composer
Kent Barker   Composer
Bobby Newsome   Composer
Don Davis   Composer
D. Taylor   Composer
Clyde Wilson   Composer
Frank Johnson   Composer,Composer
Johnnie Taylor   Composer
Dennis Gilmore   Composer
Johnson   Composer
Homer Banks   Composer
Jimmy Hughes   Composer
Richard Wylie   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
George Clinton   Composer
Arthur Snyder   Composer
Cam Wilson   Composer
Ted Snyder   Composer
Billy Davis, Jr.   Composer
Kelly   Composer
Johnston   Composer
Raymond Jackson   Composer
Lee Jennings   Composer
Donald Davis   Composer
Paul Kelly   Composer
Daron Taylor   Composer
David Johnson   Composer
James Dean   Composer
Jimmie Hughes   Composer
Melvin Davis   Composer
James Wilson   Composer
Tony Hester   Composer