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''Doin' Our Thing'' is the sixth studio album by R&B band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in April 1968. The album was their first self-produced effort and charted at number 176 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart.


Track listing

;Side 1 #"I Can Dig It" (Cropper, Dunn, Jones, Jackson) – 2:42 #" Expressway (to Your Heart)" ( Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) – 3:05 #"Doin' Our Thing" (Cropper, Dunn, Jones, Jackson) – 4:01 #" You Don't Love Me" (
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) – 2:49 #"Never My Love" (Don Addrisi) – 2:47 #"The
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  • " The Beat Goes On" (
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    ) – 2:39 #"
    Ode to Billie Joe "Ode to Billie Joe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released by Capitol Records in July 1967, and later used as the title-track of her debut album. Five weeks after its release, the song topped '' Billboard's'' Pop sin ...
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    ) – 4:02 #"Blue on Green" (Cropper, Dunn, Jones, Jackson) – 2:28 #"
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    , Josephine Armstead) – 2:54


    Personnel

    ;Booker T. & the M.G.s *
    Booker T. Jones Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known art ...
    – Hammond organ, guitar, clavinet, piano * Steve Cropper – guitar *
    Donald Dunn Donald Dunn may refer to: * Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941–2012), American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter * Donald G. Dunn (1923–2021), decorated U.S. Army veteran of World War II {{hndis, Dunn, Donald ...
    – bass guitar *
    Al Jackson Jr. Albert J. Jackson Jr. (November 27, 1935 – October 1, 1975) was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their ...
    – drums, percussion ;Technical *Loring Eutemey – design *Dan Hersch – digital remastering *
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    – photography *Bill Inglot – digital remastering *Peter Jujar – photography *Bill Kington – photography *The M.G.'s – supervision (producer)


    References

    {{Authority control Booker T. & the M.G.'s albums 1968 albums Stax Records albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Steve Cropper Albums produced by Donald "Duck" Dunn Albums produced by Al Jackson Jr. Albums produced by Booker T. Jones