Stax: Top of the Stax, Vol. 2: Twenty Greatest Hits

RELEASE
April 02, 1996
LABEL
Stax
GENRES
Rhythm & Blues, Early R&B, Disco, Instrumental Rock, Funk, Early Pop/Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Soul, Soul-Blues, Southern Soul, Deep Soul, Memphis Soul

Album Review

This second entry into Stax's greatest hits rounds up another 20 greats that first saw life as singles on the Stax, Volt, Enterprise, We Produce, and Satellite labels. With the exception of Otis Redding's "Respect," the Bar-Kays' "Soul Finger," William Bell's "You Don't Miss Your Water," and the Mar-Keys' "Last Night," all the material compiled here comes from Stax's later period. Tracks like the Dramatics' "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get," Little Milton's "Behind Closed Doors," and the Staple Singers' "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" show the direction soul music and R&B were moving, with the label moving right with the times. If you can't pop for the Stax box set, this series makes a right fine alternative.
Cub Koda, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)
  2. Make a Friend
  3. If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
  4. Hearsay
  5. Private Number
  6. Soul Limbo
  7. Testify (I Wanna)
  8. I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)
  9. I Like What You're Doing (To Me)
  10. Behind Closed Doors
  11. The Breakdown
  12. Never Can Say Goodbye
  13. Dedicated to the One I Love
  14. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
  15. I've Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
  16. Show Me How
  17. That's What the Blues Is All About
  18. Last Night
  19. Respect
  20. You Don't Miss Your Water
  21. Soul Finger