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The Best Of Johnnie Taylor On Malaco, Vol.1,Johnnie Taylor

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Johnnie Taylor
Released 1992

I Found A Love
04:39
7,257 plays

Everything's Out In The Open
03:53
7,190 plays

When She Stops Askin'
04:21
4,332 plays

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- 1
- Still Crazy For You
- 04:33
- 2,135 plays

- 2
- Drown In My Own Tears
- 04:14
- 3,926 plays

- 3
- I Found A Love
- 04:39
- 7,257 plays

- 4
- Everything's Out In The Open
- 03:53
- 7,190 plays

- 5
- Don't Make Me Late
- 04:15
- 2,564 plays

- 6
- Nothing As Beautiful As You
- 04:14
- 2,589 plays

- 7
- This Is Your Night
- 04:24
- 1,572 plays

- 8
- Cheaper To Keep Her
- 04:20
- 1,530 plays

- 9
- Wall To Wall
- 03:58
- 3,243 plays

- 10
- Still Called The Blues
- 03:35
- 3,958 plays

- 11
- Something Is Going Wrong
- 04:34
- 1,870 plays

- 12
- Just Because
- 04:18
- 4,319 plays

- 13
- When She Stops Askin'
- 04:21
- 4,332 plays

- 14
- Nothing Like A Lady
- 04:13
- 1,322 plays

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album review

Given how much of a fixture Johnnie Taylor was on black radio in the '60s and early to mid-'70s, it's ironic that one of his best-of collections doesn't contain an abundance of hit singles. Rather, the focus of Best of Johnnie Taylor on Malaco, Vol. 1 is the veteran soul man's work for Malaco in the '80s and '90s. Taylor may have been long past his peak commercially when these songs were recorded, but artistically, he still sounds like he's very much in his prime. Malaco's choices are generally excellent. Selections like "Don't Make Me Late," "Still Called the Blues" and "Everything's Out in the Open" show why Taylor has fared so well creatively at the label, which has encouraged him to continue taking a classic soul approach instead of catering to the urban contemporary market (something he has pretty much ignored). For listeners who haven't been exposed to his Malaco output, this collection is the logical starting point. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide