The Exciting Wilson Pickett
Studio album by Wilson Pickett
Released	August 1966
Recorded	May 12, 1965–May 8, 1966 Memphis, Tennessee and Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre	R&B/Soul
Label	Atlantic 8129
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Wilson Pickett chronology
In the Midnight Hour (1965) The Exciting Wilson Pickett (1966) The Wicked Pickett (1966)

The Exciting Wilson Pickett, released in 1966, was the second album by R&B and soul singer Wilson Pickett. The album charted at #3 on Billboard's "black albums" chart and #21 on their chart of "pop albums." According to All Music, this second album firmly established Picket's "stature as a major '60s soul man".^[1] The album launched four major hits for Pickett, but All Music emphasizes that the non-hit cuts, "of nearly an equal level", will be of more interest to collectors.^[1]

Originally released on the Atlantic label, the album has been re-issued on CD by Rhino, Collectables and Warner Bros. Records. In 2007, a new LP edition was released by the label 4 Men with Beards.

Contents 1 Hit singles 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3.1 Performance 3.2 Production 4 References

[edit] Hit singles

The Exciting Wilson Pickett launched four crossover hit singles. "In the Midnight Hour" reached #1 on the "Black Singles" chart and #21 on the "Pop Singles" chart. "Land of a Thousand Dances" reached #1 and #6 respectively. "Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do)" reached #13 and #53. "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", a song which Pickett had not on first hearing liked, reached #1 and #13.^[2]

Pickett later redid the song "Land of a Thousand Dances", originally a hit in 1963 for New Orleans-based composer Chris Kenner, for the soundtrack of The Great Outdoors, a 1988 film starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy.^[3]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Land of 1000 Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 2:28
2. "Something You Got" (Kenner) – 2:58
3. "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd) – 3:00
4. "Barefootin'" (Robert Parker) – 2:22
5. "Mercy Mercy" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 2:30
6. "You're So Fine" (Lance Finney, Willie Schofield, Bob West) – 2:38
7. "In the Midnight Hour" (Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 2:36
8. "Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (Cropper, Floyd, Pickett) – 2:44
9. "Danger Zone" (Cropper, Pickett) – 2:12
10. "I'm Drifting" (Homer Banks, Pickett, David Porter) – 2:54
11. "It's All Over" (Cropper, Pickett) – 2:21
12. "She's So Good to Me" (Bobby Womack) – 2:17

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performance

[edit] Production

• Haig Adishian – cover design
• Steve Cropper – supervisor
• Tom Dowd – engineer, supervisor
• A. Scott Galloway – liner notes
• Rick Hall – engineer, supervisor
• Dan Hersch – digital remastering
• Bill Inglot – digital remastering
• John Peck
• Bob Rolontz – liner notes
• Nick Samardge – photography
• Jim Stewart – engineer, supervisor
• Jerry Wexler – supervisor

[edit] References