Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
Be Altitude: Respect Yourself is a soul album by The Staple Singers released on February 14, 1972.
Reception
It includes the hit songs "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". The musicians are the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns, augmented by overdubbed guitar, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron and harmonica by Terry Manning."We the People" was frequently used as a campaign song for U.S. President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election in the United States.
Track listing
Personnel
Partial credits from Richard Buskin and Terry Manning.;The Staple Singers
- Mavis Staples – vocals
- Pops Staples – vocals
- Cleotha Staples – harmony and backing vocals
- Yvonne Staples – harmony and backing vocals
- Jimmy Johnson – guitar
- David Hood – bass guitar
- Barry Beckett – keyboards, Wurlitzer electronic piano
- Roger Hawkins – drums
- Staple Sisters – harmony and backing vocals
- Terry Manning – guitar, lead guitar, fuzz guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, vibraphones, marimba, harmonica
- Eddie Hinton – guitar solo on "I'll Take You There"
- Raymond Banks – guitar on "I'll Take You There"
- The Memphis Horns |Wayne Jackson] and Andrew Love – horns
- Ben Cauley – horns
- Al Bell – arranger, producer
- Johnny Allen – arranger
- Terry Manning – engineer, additional production, additional arrangements
- Jerry Masters – engineer
- Ralph Rhodes – engineer
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