''You Got My Mind Messed Up'' is a 1967

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by James Carr. Although Carr is not as well known as his contemporaries such as

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or Aretha Franklin, "You Got My Mind Messed Up" has been cited as one of the top soul music albums of all time.

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gave it 5 stars from two different reviewers. On the 2002 re-release

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stated "This is undoubtedly one of the greatest soul albums of all time." (10/02, p.118)
/small>. After Carr's death in 2001,

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re-released the album with another dozen bonus tracks.

Track listing

# "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" (Drew Baker, Dani McCormick) – 2:40 # "Love Attack" (

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) – 2:54 # "Coming Back to Me Baby" (George Jackson) – 1:59 # "I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore" (Dolly Greer) – 2:24 # "That's What I Want to Know" (James Carr,

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) – 1:56 # "These Ain't Raindrops" (Claunch) – 2:35 # "

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" ( Chips Moman,

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) – 2:34 # "I'm Going for Myself" (Ernest Johnson, Edgar Campbell) – 2:25 # "Lovable Girl" ( O. B. McClinton) – 2:24 # "Forgetting You" (McClinton) – 2:54 # "She's Better Than You" (McClinton)– 2:22 # "You've Got My Mind Messed Up" (McClinton) – 2:25

2002 bonus tracks

# "These Arms of Mine" (

) – 2:37 # "You Don't Want Me" (

) – 2:11 # "There Goes My Used to Be" (Jamison) – 2:32 # "A Lucky Loser" (

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, Allen Jones) – 2:07 # "Dixie Belle" (Jerry Foster, Wilburn Rice) – 2:23 # "Search Your Heart" (Jackson, Raymond Moore) – 3:04 # "Sock It to Me,Baby!" (Lawrence Brown, Bob Crewe) – 2:14 # "My Adorable One" (Irral Ida Berger, Clara A. Thompson) – 3:29 # "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (Edward Brigati,

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) – 2:46 # "Life Turned Her That Way" (

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) – 2:58 # "A Losing Game" (James Carr, Denny Weaver) – 2:02 # "What Can I Call My Own" (Larry Rogers) – 2:47

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References

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