Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (soundtrack)

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Soundtrack album by Earth, Wind & Fire
Released June 1971
Recorded 1971
Genre Soundtrack, blaxploitation
Length 37:28
Label Stax
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
The Need of Love
(1971)The Need of Love1971		 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
(w/Melvin Van Peebles)
(1971)		 Last Days and Time
(1972)Last Days and Time1972
Melvin Van Peebles chronology
Watermelon Man
(1970) Watermelon Man1970		 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
(w/Earth, Wind & Fire)
(1971) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song1971		 Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
(1972) Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death1972
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Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the soundtrack to Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 feature film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. The soundtrack was performed by Earth, Wind & Fire and released in 1971 on Stax Records. As well the soundtrack got to No. 13 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[1][2]

Overview

As a soundtrack the album was ranked at No. 32 on Mojo's "MOJO 1000 - The Ultimate CD Buyers Guide".[3]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Sweetback Losing His Cherry" (2:45)
  2. "Sweetback Getting It Uptight And Preaching It So Hard The Bourgeois Reggin Angels In Heaven Turn Around" (5:00)
  3. "Come On Feet Do Your Thing" (4:15)
  4. "Sweetback's Theme" (7:36)

Side Two

  1. "Hoppin' John" (2:25)
  2. "Voices" (0:11)
  3. "Mojo Woman" (2:43)
  4. "Voices" (0:15)
  5. "Sanra Z" (3:47)
  6. "Voices" (0:17)
  7. "Reggins Hanging On In There As Best They Can" (2:58)
  8. "Voices" (1:13)
  9. "Won't Bleed Me" (2:41)
  10. "The Man Tries Running His Usual Game but Sweetback's Jones Is So Strong He Wastes the Hounds (Yeah! Yeah! and Besides That He Will Be Comin' Back Takin' Names and Collecting Dues)" (4:25)

References

  1. 1 2 ""Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"". Allmusic.
  2. ↑ "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Soundtrack". billboard.com.
  3. ↑ ""MOJO 1000 - The Ultimate CD Buyers Guide"". Rocklist.net.
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