funk, soul 30 min 11 tracks Stax
Hip Hug-Her is the fifth studio album by the Southern soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in June 1967. The title track was the band's most successful single since their 1962 debut, "Green Onions", reaching #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967, and #6 on Billboard's R&B chart.
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Spare, classical in form, warm and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- A1Hip Hug‐Her2:22
- A2Soul Sanction2:30
- A3Get Ready2:45
- A4More2:55
- A5Double or Nothing2:51
- A6Carnaby St.2:14
- B1Slim Jenkins’ Place2:25
- B2Pigmy3:55
- B3Groovin’2:40
- B4Booker’s Notion2:25
- B5Sunny3:24
11 tracks, 30 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Booker T. & the MG’s
- Label
- Stax
- Released
- May 23, 1967
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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