Salt of the Earth (The Soul Searchers album)

Salt of the Earth is the second album by the Washington, D.C.-based group The Soul Searchers.[1][2]

Salt of the Earth
Studio album by
Released1974
Recorded1974
StudioAmerican Star Studio,
Falls Church, Virginia
Genre
Length40:34
LabelSussex Records
Producer
  • Carroll Hynson
  • Joe Tate
The Soul Searchers chronology
We the People
(1972)
Salt of the Earth
(1974)
Bustin' Loose
(1979)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
ARTISTdirect[4]

Released in 1974, this album has become one of the most sampled albums in hip hop music with the drum break from "Ashley's Roachclip" being the basis of many popular songs of the past thirty years.[5]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "I Rolled It You Hold It" (John Buchanan) – 4:38
  2. "Blow Your Whistle" (Maxx Kidd, Chuck Brown) – 3:01
  3. "Close To You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:23
  4. "Funk to the Folks" (John Buchanan) – 4:14
Side B
  1. "Ain't It Heavy" (John Buchanan) – 5:58
  2. "Windsong" (John Buchanan) – 5:00
  3. "Ashley's Roachclip" (Lloyd Pinchback) – 5:36
  4. "We Share" (Donald Tillery, John Buchanan) – 2:49
  5. "If It Ain't Funky" (Chuck Brown) – 3:39

Personnel

Samples

See also

References

  1. Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
  2. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
  3. Ankeny, Jason. The Soul Searchers: Salt Of The Earth > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 04 September 2011.
  4. "Soul Searchers Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.