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Be What You Are
Studio album by The Staple Singers
Released 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Soul
Length 51:56
Label Stax Records
Producer Al Bell
The Staple Singers chronology
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
(1972)		 Be What You Are
(1973)		 City in the Sky
(1974)

Be What You Are is a 1973 soul album by The Staple Singers.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]

Released in 1973, this album would chart at. number thirteen on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts. Singles If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) charted number 9 Pop and number one Soul in 1973 & Touch a Hand, Make a Friend would chart at number Soul in 1974

Track listing

  1. Be What You Are - (Banks, Hampton, Jackson, Jackson) 5:03
  2. If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) - (Banks, Hampton, Jackson, Jackson) 4:29
  3. Medley: Love Comes in All Colors/Tellin' Lies 8:51
  4. Touch a Hand, Make a Friend - (Banks, Hampton, Jackson, Jackson) 4:04
  5. Drown Yourself - (Crutcher) 4:38
  6. I Ain't Raisin' No Sand - (Carter, Rice) 6:33
  7. Grandma's Hands - (Withers) 2:43
  8. Bridges Instead of Walls - (Banks, Hampton, Jackson) 4:04
  9. I'm on Your Side - (Banks, Hampton, Jackson) 4:00
  10. That's What Friends Are For - (Parsons, Penney, Rice, Rice) 4:16
  11. Heaven -(Ellington) 3:36

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 102
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 13

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
Pop		 US
Soul
1973 "Be What You Are" 66 18
"If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" 9 1
1974 "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" 23 3

External links

References

  1. ^ Elias, Jason. The Staple Singers: Be What You Are > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 07 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "The Staple Singers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5519/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  3. ^ "The Staple Singers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5519/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 

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