''That's the Way It Should Be'' is an album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, their first since ''

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'', released in 1977. The track "Cruisin'" won the

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. It features drummer Steve Jordan on 9 of the albums tracks whilst

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played on the remaining three. ''That's the Way It Should Be'' is the final album to feature bassist

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before his death in 2012 and also the most recent album the band has released (as of 2012, the group dissolved).

Track listing

#"Slip Slidin'" (

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, Steve Jordan) #"Mo' Greens" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Steve Jordan) #"

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) #" Let's Wait a While" (Melanie Andrews,

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, Terry Lewis) #"That's the Way It Should Be" (Steve Cropper,

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) #"Camel Ride" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T. Jones, Steve Jordan) #" Have a Heart" (

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) #"Cruisin'" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn,

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, Booker T. Jones) #" I Can't Stand the Rain" ( Don Bryant, Bernard Miller,

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) #"Sarasota Sunset" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Anton Fig, Booker T. Jones) #"

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, Larry Mullen, Jr.)

Personnel

;Booker T. & the M.G.s *

– keyboards *

–

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–

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* Steve Jordan –

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on tracks 1–3, 5–7 and 9–11 with: *

– drums on tracks 4, 8 and 12

References

{{Authority control Booker T. & the M.G.'s albums 1994 albums Albums produced by Booker T. Jones Albums produced by Steve Cropper Columbia Records albums