When A Man Loves A Woman/My Adorable One/Put a Little Lovin’ On Me/Love Me All The Way/When She Touches Me/You’re Pouring Water On A Drowning Man/Thief In The Night/You Fooled Me/Love Makes The World Go Round/Success/Love Me Like You Mean It
R & B vocalist Percy Sledge enjoyed a huge international hit with When A Man Loves A Woman, No. 1 in the States and No. 4 in the UK. None of his future releases would approach this level of success. (US:37)
"When I first heard the opening bars of When A Man Loves A Woman the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I got cold chills. This is simply the greatest soul R & B love song ever."
"The charismatic Alabama bred soulman's first album was naturally built around the peerless and classic When A Man Loves A Woman, the first Southern soul track that became a No. 1 pop hit."
"The title-track is soul perfection; the lamenting, organ driven groove, the country-soul guitar, the choir and on top of it all the magical voice of Percy Sledge. Truly one of the most brilliant recordings ever committed to vinyl, sung by the only Southern soul performer who, commercially, seriously rivalled Otis Redding at the time." "So, what about the rest of the LP? One knows that When A Man Loves A Woman is a hard act to follow, and the rare heights achieved by that particular tune is not attained elsewhere, here. That's not to say the remainder is subpar, 'filler' or by-the-numbers soul. Quite the contrary."
"My Adorable One, another quintessential Sledge-belter, has a charm all its own. The delicate vocal amidst the raw grit of the Muscle Shoals backing band is amazing. Sledge's spin still is the definitive version."
"Percy righteously gets down on the pumped-up, blazing beater Put A Little Lovin' On Me and the hard socking thumper You're Pouring Water On A Drowning Man, demonstrating the man was at much at ease with more uptempo material."
"Sledge soars on those delicious country-soul dirges, producing a sound uniquely nurtured by the fertile ground of upper-Alabama."
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