It Tears Me Up: The Best of Percy Sledge

Track Listings

1. When a Man Loves a Woman

2. I'm Hanging up My Heart for You

3. Put a Little Lovin' on Me

4. Love Me Like You Mean It

5. It Tears Me Up

6. Warm and Tender Love

7. Love Me Tender

8. Dark End of the Street

9. Take Time to Know Her

10. Try a Little Tenderness

11. Bless Your Sweet Little Soul

12. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road

13. Sudden Stop

14. Stop the World Tonight

15. It's All Wrong but It's Alright

16. Drown in My Own Tears

17. Out of Left Field

18. Kind Woman

19. Cover Me

20. That's the Way I Want to Live My Life

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This 23-track collection illustrates the breadth of the soul singer best known for "When a Man Loves a Woman." An Alabama native, Sledge is backed by the giants of the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, and they lock rhythms like brothers. Unafraid to croon his magic on other artists' signature ballads--"The Dark End of the Street," "Try a Little Tenderness," "Rainbow Road," and "Love Me Tender"--Sledge also has command of the dance floor. His "Put a Little Lovin' on Me" and "Love Me Like You Mean It" corral the energy of James Brown and jump with the funk. --Robert Gordon

It Tears Me Up: The Best of Percy Sledge,Percy Sledge,Rhino / Wea,Country-Soul,Deep Soul,Pop,R&B,Rock,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Southern Soul,United States of America

Tracks:

When A Man Loves A Woman
I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You
Put A Little Lovin' On Me
Love Me Like You Mean It
It Tears Me Up
Warm And Tender Love
Love Me Tender
The Dark End Of The Street
Take Time To Know Her
Try A Little Tenderness
Bless Your Sweet Little Soul
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
Sudden Stop
Stop The World Tonight
It's All Wrong But It's Alright
Drown In My Own Tears
Out Of Left Field
Kind Woman
Cover Me
That's The Way I Want To Live My Life
Push Mr. Pride Aside
It Can't Be Stopped
Rainbow Road

Amazon.com

This 23-track collection illustrates the breadth of the soul singer best known for "When a Man Loves a Woman." An Alabama native, Sledge is backed by the giants of the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, and they lock rhythms like brothers. Unafraid to croon his magic on other artists' signature ballads--"The Dark End of the Street," "Try a Little Tenderness," "Rainbow Road," and "Love Me Tender"--Sledge also has command of the dance floor. His "Put a Little Lovin' on Me" and "Love Me Like You Mean It" corral the energy of James Brown and jump with the funk. --Robert Gordon

Customer Reviews:

Good Lord, what was I missing!.......2007-07-13

Yeah, I confess "When a Man Loves a Woman" is the only Percy Sledge song I'd ever heard until I got this CD. And I wouldn't even consider it as good as half the stuff on this CD. So much soul, such an amazing voice. How come you don't hear more of his songs these days!!!? If you like guys like Otis Redding and Solomon Burke, and "When a Man Loves a Woman" is the only Percy Sledge song you've heard too, GET THIS CD.

Take Time To Know Percy!!!.......2005-06-28

Percy Sledge's 2005 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was overdue and richly deserved. "When A Man Loves A Woman" was one of the great songs from the 60's! (Mike Bolton's version was forced, mechanical and over the top!) Percy recorded many fine songs that never reached the same heights. I always thought "Take Time To Know Her" came a close second.

This is the album to buy which features 23 of his best recordings from 1966 to 1971. The 17 page booklet overviews his career with nice photos and text.

My favorite tracks include "Take Time To Know Her," "It Tears Me Up," "The Dark End Of The Street," "Put A Little Lovin' On Me," "Stop The World Tonight," "It's All Wrong But It's Alright," "Cover Me," "Rainbow Road," and of course "When A Man Loves A Woman."

Sledge sings with a soulful passion that tugs at your heart. I can't name too many singers around today that can match him. In fact, much of today's music is c-rap when you compare it to this Sweet Soul Music. That's why I like the so called "oldies." It's proven itself through the test of time!

Otis Redding was the definitive King of Soul Music. Percy Sledge certainly deserves to be the undisputed "Duke of Soul." Percy is the real Soul Survivor!

Buy it and groove on it! Lord have Mercy!

The golden age of soul.......2005-04-09

Although not one of the most prominent soul singers of the 1960s and 70s, Percy Sledge had a distinctive country soul style. He made a lovely, flowing type of R&B with his stirring voice and exceptionally melodious songs like the timeless When A Man Loves A Woman, Dark End Of The Street, Take Time To Know Her and Out Of Left Field.

This is authentic music from the heart, full of yearning and romanticism expressed in gripping imagery. The backing is similar to the sound of the great Stax artists, and his voice is often framed by lovely female vocals.

Highlights on this compilation include the aforementioned masterpieces plus Put A Little Lovin' On Me, the title track It Tears Me up, Warm And Tender Love, True Love Travels On A Gravel Road, Drown In My Own Tears and Cover Me.

If you love old style sweet soul music, you will love the work of Percy Sledge, a special albeit minor artist of the genre. His voice takes you back to the golden age of soul.

One classic and many other great songs.......2005-03-29

A soul singer with a distinctive style, Percy had a huge international hit with his debut single (When a man loves a woman) but was unable to come close to matching that success again despite making some excellent recordings.

Among Percy's other outstanding recordings are It tears me up, Out of left field, Take time to know her, Warm and tender love and Dark end of the street, all of which are included here along with Percy's distinctive covers of Love me tender, Try a little tenderness and True love travels on a gravel road.

If you enjoy hearing Percy sing When a man loves a woman, you will surely love this collection - there may be nothing else quite like that classic song, but there is plenty of high quality sixties soul music here.

simply the best !!!!.......2004-08-21

great soul singers like this only come along 'once in a lifetime'just get this beautiful collection of some of the most soulful music ever recorded on this planet,amen to that!!sit back n' take a lovely journey into the world of mr. percy sledge n' remince the good ole' days!!"when a man loves a woman" "take time to know her" "love me tender" "warm and tender love" to name a few, whew, talk about your blue lights in the basement honey!!joey hoffman of usa!!

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1. When a Man Loves a Woman
2. I'm Hanging up My Heart for You
3. Put a Little Lovin' on Me
4. Love Me Like You Mean It
5. It Tears Me Up
6. Warm and Tender Love
7. Love Me Tender
8. Dark End of the Street
9. Take Time to Know Her
10. Try a Little Tenderness
11. Bless Your Sweet Little Soul
12. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
13. Sudden Stop
14. Stop the World Tonight
15. It's All Wrong but It's Alright
16. Drown in My Own Tears
17. Out of Left Field
18. Kind Woman
19. Cover Me
20. That's the Way I Want to Live My Life
See all 23 tracks on this disc