Midnight Hour

Wilson Pickett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00008IAM7
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. In The Midnight Hour

2. Teardrops Will Fall

3. Take A Little Love

4. For Better Or Worse

5. I Found A Love

6. That's A Man's Way

7. I'm Gonna Cry

8. Don't Fight It

9. Take This Love I've Got

10. Come Home Baby

11. I'm Not Tired

12. Let's Kiss And Make Up

Editorial Reviews

Originally released by Atlantic Records in 1965, "In The Midnight Hour" was Wilson Pickett's first album. It includes his classic song of the same name, as well as "Come Home Baby," "I Found A Love," "Don't Fight It" and others. On this album, he is backed by the Stax rhythm section, an ensemble that would be help define soul music during much of the 1960s. This album hit #3 on the Billboard Black Albums' chart, and the song "Don't Fight It" charted at #53 on their Pop Singles' chart and #4 on the Black Singles' chart.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Wilson Pickett edgy soul sound;, January 19, 2006

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Alden "Blue Son" Hays (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Hour (Audio CD)

The "Midnight Hour" album put Wilson Pickett's rough, edgy, urgent soul voice right out front in the soul sounds of the mid 60's. His "from the heart" voice matched James Brown and Otis Redding in intensity and depth. Listen to "I Found A Love" for that deep feeling he was so filled with. Pickett died January 19, 2006 leaving the soul scene missing one of the icons of the 60's breakout soul sounds.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WILSON PICKETT CD, May 17, 2011

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YANNYSTU "J&J STUART" (TACOMA, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight Hour (Audio CD)

ONE OF WILSON PICKETT'S EARLIER ALBUMS. HAD SONGS THAT HIS OTHER ALBUMS DIDN'T HAVE. WE LIKE A LARGE VARIETY OF MUSIC AND THIS WAS A MUST HAVE.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Unorthodox Debut Of Wilson Pickett..., September 25, 2009

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R. Webb "minstrel man" (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight Hour (Audio CD)

"Wicked" Wilson Pickett's debut, IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, is actually singles recorded between 1961-1965, these tracks compiled together make up the first record for the gritty singer's first time out. The Pickett is backed up here by the Stax band regulars and Steve Cropper plays out his distinctive lead guitar throughout in which helped develop the incredible sound of Otis Redding. You can hear this sound with the rhythm arrangements on the song, "For Better Or Worse", the album starts with, "In The Midnight Hour", then Wilson sings, "I Found A Love", "the wicked" flat out wails on this one, almost worth the price of admission alone. Nine of the twelve songs on here are written or co-written by Pickett and Cropper. In The Midnight Hour - is an early glimpse of this great artist, who with no doubt left a mark in the heart of hardcore soul, the only problem with this compilation is some of the material is weak, and the idea of doing a duet on your first record doesn't set right with me, (one song) the artist should do the whole show on the first time out, also the fact of a thrown together compilation on a debut album is to me "unorthodox", unless you're the Beatles after your tenth album, the audio is excellent on this collectibles cd, which is surprising, there is a slight problem (remastering) on the audio with Wilson Pickett's third cd - "the wicked". The Midnight Hour - 3 1/2 stars.)