The Very Best of Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1993)
• Original Release Date: April 20, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B0000032ZS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,084 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > R&B > Soul > Philly Soul
  • #16 in Music > R&B > Soul > Southern Soul
  • #16 in Music > R&B > Soul > Memphis Soul

Editorial Reviews

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Don't wait "In the Midnight Hour" for this "Midnight Mover." "Mustang Sally" called "634-5789" because she knows that his "Engine #9" shakes it at the "Funky Broadway" on its way to his "Land of 1000 Dances." He's all "Sugar Sugar," the man to mix "Fire and Water." He's got Duane Allman playing killer slide guitar on "Hey Jude," and the finest Southern soul rhythm sections backing him: Stax, Muscle Shoals, American. It's Wicked Pickett. 'Nuff said. --Robert Gordon

Product Description

PICKETT WILSON THE VERY BEST

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful album of his biggest hits!, January 23, 2006

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Preston (nc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Very Best of Wilson Pickett (Audio CD)

Wilson Pickett passed away on January 20, 2006, but his spirit lives on to me. After hearing about his passing, I went on to get a best of CD by him to remember him. This is a wonderful, dynamic album of his best songs. Although I wasn't born the time he was famous, it makes me feel like I'm in that period where he's singing In The Midnight Hour, my favorite. I was still hearing that song on some radio stations playing older hits recently. The other famous hits of Mustang Sally, 634-5789, and the fun Land of A Thousand Dances are just as durable. But after those four, I heard some more funky numbers that really challenged some of James Brown's hits. Wilson can sure be hollering, yelling on the others, proving that he's got soul too. One of the other standouts is Engine No. 9 from 1970, which is heavy on the funk and beats and one of Gamble and Huff's best records before they dominated most of the '70s. This is the first time that I got to hear it and it's already another Wilson Pickett favorite to me right up there with Midnight! Even the two Bobby Womack-written songs are fabulous as well as the ones that Wilson wrote himself. So I suggest to anyone to get this CD right away to remember Wilson Pickett and the impact he made on music. He ranks right up there with Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack,Teddy Pendergrass, Little Richard, Lou Rawls, Luther Vandross and others as one of the best soul singers.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Cover - lousy sound quality, January 19, 2006

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Dewey Cheatem - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Wilson Pickett (Audio CD)

This was a CD replacement for my old vinyl. Same song selections but the sound quality is tinny and thin. Disappointing.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Introducing...... The Exciting Wilson Pickett, May 24, 2006

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C. Fields "Vebrero Muetista" (Jackson, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of Wilson Pickett (Audio CD)

This is just what you need to kick start your Wicked Pickett collection. The first five songs are his major hits and hearing them back to back like this is almost overwhelming!(be warned stero lovers,they are in mono because the orginial analog mono masters were used its actually what I prefer)The remastering is great thanks to Rhino of course and the songs are terrific. I can't believe how good they got "I found a love" to sound its not perfect but its much better than any other remaster of that song. There are other songs that one could argue about not being here but that's not the purpose of this collection for those who wish for more grit I recommend "A man and A Half." Wilson is truly astounding on these sixteen cuts, its a shame he wasnt as successful on the pop charts. His roaring, raspy delivery is so drenched in gospel it makes you wonder(gospel fans) what Archie Brownlee would have sounded like had he went secular. The annotation and sequencing are great and the music is outstanding. Exquisite Pickett! :o)