''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 Otis Redding or

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, "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 Mojo magazine stated "This is undoubtedly one of the greatest soul albums of all time." (10/02, p.118)
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Kent Records Kent Records was a Los Angeles-based record label, launched in 1958 by the Bihari brothers. It was subsidiary of Crown Records Corporation. Kent was a follow-up to Modern Records which ceased operations in 1958. The label reissued Modern's singles, ...

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,

Roosevelt Jamison Roosevelt Jamison (July 15, 1936 – March 27, 2013) was an American music manager, publicist and songwriter who worked in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1960s. His most notable composition was "That's How Strong My Love Is", first recorded b ...

) – 1:56 # "These Ain't Raindrops" (Claunch) – 2:35 # " The Dark End of the Street" (

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, Dan Penn) – 2:34 # "I'm Going for Myself" (Ernest Johnson, Edgar Campbell) – 2:25 # "Lovable Girl" (

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) – 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" ( Otis Redding) – 2:37 # "You Don't Want Me" (

) – 2:11 # "There Goes My Used to Be" (Jamison) – 2:32 # "A Lucky Loser" ( Homer Banks, 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, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:46 # "Life Turned Her That Way" ( Harlan Howard) – 2:58 # "A Losing Game" (James Carr, Denny Weaver) – 2:02 # "What Can I Call My Own" (Larry Rogers) – 2:47

Charts

United States

References

1967 debut albums James Carr (musician) albums Kent Records albums {{1960s-R&B-album-stub