Soul Dressing/Tic-Tac-Toe/Big Train/Jellybread/Aw’ Mercy/Outrage/Night Owl Walk/Chinese Checkers/Home Grown/Mercy Mercy/Plum Nellie/Can’t Be Still
Soul Dressing was the follow up album from dynamic soul act Booker T & MGs that is considered to be more consistent overall than the debut but without a major hit track.
“A very solid offering for their second album. Their debut varied more in quality from filler to classics. However, with Soul Dressing there's no filler or any weak track on the album although there's no equivalent of Green Onions either. Overall a strong album packed full of very cool organ-mod tracks.”
“This is great background music. Jellybread is such an obvious rip-off of Green Onions, I'm surprised they would rip themselves off so obviously.”
“Soul Dressing was the album that followed Green Onions, The MG's debut, and is a much better album. This was one of the few MG's records that featured only original material, and all are top-notch. This is where The MG's began to make good on the promise of the Green Onions single. Nearly ever song cooks along in the same edgy, funky manner.”
“A tight, rhythmic and groovy sound had developed by this point; one might call it proto-funk. Fabulous musicianship, inspired performance and slinky grooves make this LP a rarity, no doubt about it.”
“This album is like one terrifically funky soundtrack to a great movie. If you want a dose of early MGs, this is the place to go. This really is their first cohesive release as a band.”
“This album isn't as timeless as their later work, but it is a great trip back to a more soulful time.”
“Soul Dressing, the follow-up to Booker T. And The MG's debut, is even stronger than its predecessor. With the exception of one tune all the material is penned by the band, an achievement, as anyone who has paid even casual attention to their sound will know. The upshot here is a thick instrumental stew of soul, R & B and jazz, all helped along with insistent proto-funk grooves. The band's chemistry crackles.”
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