Only for the Lonely [Compilation]

• Artist: Mavis Staples
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• Release Date: March 21, 1993
• Total Time: 64:23
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

This 21-track anthology collects songs recorded in 1969 and issued on three albums. The roster includes a strong duet with Johnnie Taylor called "That's The Way Love Is" and her signature tune, "A House Is Not A Home." Steve Cropper produced and arranged 11 cuts, with Don Davis producing another eight. Staples' energy, delivery, timing and technique were consistently awesome. Unfortunately, only a few of these songs got much attention outside R&B circles, but their quality shows Staples' greatness as a soul vocalist. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Until I Met You		Mavis Staples	(2:51)
Sweet Things You Do	Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones, Alvertis Isbell	Mavis Staples	(2:41)
The Choking Kind	Harlan Howard	Mavis Staples	(3:28)
You're Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)	Fred Briggs	Mavis Staples	(3:25)
A House Is Not a Home	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	Mavis Staples	(4:30)
Security	Otis Redding	Mavis Staples	(2:52)
Son of a Preacher Man	John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins	Mavis Staples	(2:20)
Pick Up the Pieces	Don Davis, Kent Barker, Fred Briggs	Mavis Staples	(3:09)
Chained	Frank Wilson	Mavis Staples	(2:53)
Good to Me	Otis Redding, Julius Green	Mavis Staples	(3:20)
You Send Me	Sam Cooke	Mavis Staples	(2:59)
I Have Learned to Do Without You	J.J. Barnes, Don Davis, David Jordan	Mavis Staples	(4:14)
How Many Times		Mavis Staples	(3:27)
Endlessly	Brook Benton, Clyde Otis	Mavis Staples	(3:19)
You're the Fool	Sharon McMahan	Mavis Staples	(2:40)
Since I Fell for You	Buddy Johnson	Mavis Staples	(3:42)
What Happened to the Real Me		Mavis Staples	(2:40)
Since You Became a Part of My Life		Mavis Staples	(3:34)
It Makes Me Wanna Cry	Homer Banks	Mavis Staples	(2:55)
Don't Change Me Now		Mavis Staples	(2:29)
That's the Way Love Is	Deadric Malone	Johnnie Taylor, Mavis Staples	(2:25)

Credits

Steve Cropper (Guitar), Steve Cropper (Arranger), Steve Cropper (Producer), Steve Cropper (?), Johnnie Taylor (Performer), Marlin Greene (Engineer), Barry Beckett (Keyboards), Barry Beckett (?), Al Bell (Producer), Vernon Bullock (Guitar), Vernon Bullock (Keyboards), Ron Capone (Engineer), Don Davis (Producer), Don Davis (Engineer), Phil DeLancie (Digital Remastering), Donald "Duck" Dunn (Bass), Donald "Duck" Dunn (?), Eli Fountain (Percussion), Eli Fountain (Saxophone), Isaac Hayes (Organ), Isaac Hayes (?), Don Hahn (Engineer), Willie Hall (Drums), Willie Hall (?), Roger Hawkins (Drums), Roger Hawkins (?), Eddie Hinton (Guitar), Eddie Hinton (?), David Hood (Bass), David Hood (?), Bobby Manuel (Keyboards), Bobby Manuel (?), George McGregor (Drums), Ray Monette (Guitar), Tony Newton (Bass), Horace Ott (String Arrangements), Rudy Robinson (Keyboards), Mavis Staples (Vocals), Mavis Staples (Main Performer), Marvell Thomas (Piano), Marvell Thomas (?), Michael Toles (Guitar), Al Jackson, Jr. (Drums), Al Jackson, Jr. (?), James Alexander (Bass), James Alexander (?), Phil Carroll (Art Direction), Beverly Parker (Cover Design), Linda Kalin (Design), Joel Brodsky (Photography)