Allen Toussaint – Life, Love And Faith / Southern Nights / Motion

Description

Release Date: 2015

Label: BGO Records

Track List

Disc: 1  Life, Love And Faith / Southern Nights

1. Victims Of The Darkness
2. Am I Expecting Too Much
3. My Baby Is The Real Thing
4. Goin’ Down
5. She Once Belonged To Me
6. Out Of The City  ( Into The Country Life )
7. Soul Sister
8. Fingers And Toes
9. I’ve Got To Convince Myself
10. On Your Way Down
11. Gone Too Far
12. Electricity
13. Last Train
14. World Wide World Wide
15. Back In Baby’s Arms
16. Country John
17. Basic Lady
18. Southern Nights
19. You Will Not Lose
20. What Do You Want The Girl To Do?
21. When The Party’s Over
22. Cruel Way To Go Down

Disc: 2   Motion

1. Night People
2. Just A Kiss Away
3. With You In Mind
4. Lover Of Love
5. To Be With You
6. Motion
7. Viva La Money
8. Declaration Of Love
9. Happiness
10. The Optimism Blues

Notes

Digitally remastered two CD set containing the late, great Toussaint’s three Warner Reprise releases, dating from 1972, 1973 and 1978. The New Orleans singer, songwriter and producer is one of the legends of black music, having written songs such as ‘Working In The Coal Mine’ (Lee Dorsey), ‘Pain In My Heart’ (Otis Redding), ‘Lipstick Traces’ (The O’Jays) and ‘Fortune Teller’ (Benny Spellman). Toussaint has worked with almost everybody from The Meters to Paul McCartney.