Respect (Jimmy Smith album)

Respect is a 1967 album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith.[1][2]

Respect
Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedJune 2 & 14, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length31:26
LabelVerve
V-8705
ProducerCreed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes
(1967)
Respect
(1967)
The Boss
(1968)
Singles from Respect
  1. "Respect"
    Released: July 1967

On the Billboard albums chart, Respect peaked at number 60 on the Billboard 200,[3] at 3 on the top R&B albums chart and at 5 on the top Jazz albums chart.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Billboard magazine chose Respect as one of their 'Jazz Spotlight' albums for their 30 September 1967 issue and commented that:

"It's Smith at his best - and that means sales in the register".[4]

AllMusic awarded the album two stars and its review by Scott Yanow stated that Smith:

"...mostly sticks to then-current R&B hits on this out of print LP. He does what he can with "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," a brief "Respect" and "Funky Broadway" while contributing his own blues "T-Bone Steak." The 31-minute set has its moments but no real surprises, yet it swings funkily throughout."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) – 6:30
  2. "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 2:12
  3. "Funky Broadway" (Arlester "Dyke" Christian) – 6:39
  4. "T-Bone Steak" (Jimmy Smith) – 7:24
  5. "Get Out of My Life Woman" (Allen Toussaint) – 8:50

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1967) Peak
position
Total
weeks
U.S. Billboard 200 60[3] 20

References

  1. "Respect". Allmusic. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. Discogs accessed March 20, 2015
  3. "Billboard 200 - Jimmy Smith". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  4. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 September 1967). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510.
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