It Hurts So Good

by Millie Jackson

Overview

Before hitting her stride with 1974's Caught Up, Millie Jackson delivered this tasty disc of uptown Southern soul. Both Stax raw and Philly International slick, It Hurts So Good percolates with smoky horns, snaking guitar lines, electric piano, strings, and bluesy funk grooves. In addition to her usually provocative take on relationships (both in the home and at the dark end of the street), Jackson -- via Curtis Mayfield -- delivers the affecting ghetto laments "I Cry," "Hypocrisy," and "Two-Faced World." And while some of the charts are a bit lacking, Jackson is solid throughout, especially on slow-burners like "Good to the Very Last Drop." A fine early offering from the diva of salacious sass. [The 2006 reissue features seven bonus tracks, including alternate mixes, takes, and stereo versions.] ~ Stephen Cook

Product Details

Release Date:	10/31/2006
Label:	Southbound
UPC:	0029667022026
Rank:	74998

Tracks

1. I Cry
2. Hypocrisy
3. Two-Faced World
4. It Hurts So Good
5. Don't Send Nobody Else
6. Hypocrisy (Reprise)
7. Breakaway
8. Good to the Very Last Drop
9. Help Yourself
10. Love Doctor
11. Now That You Got It
12. Close My Eyes
13. Breakaway (Reprise)
14. It Hurts So Good
15. Help Yourself
16. Here Comes Love
17. That's My Style
18. Hypocrisy
19. Breakaway

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Millie Jackson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mike Lewis   Conductor
Brad Shapiro   Conductor

Technical Credits

Raeford Gerald   Composer,Producer,Arranger
Johanna Hall   Composer
John Hall   Composer
Lew Del Gatto   Orchestration
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Phillip Mitchell   Composer
Mike Lewis   Arranger
Victor Davis   Composer
Ronnie Brathwaite   Photography
Ron Nackman   Art Direction
Davis Fried Krieger   Design
Millie Jackson   Composer
Brad Shapiro   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Jackie Avery   Composer
Gary Byrd   Composer
Tommy Bridwell   Composer
Tony Camillo   Orchestration
Billy Nichols   Composer