Goin' to Memphis
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| Studio album by Paul Revere & the Raiders | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | American Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Terry Melcher, Chips Moman | |||
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Goin' to Memphis is the eighth studio album by American pop rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders. Produced by Terry Melcher and Chips Moman, it was released in 1968 and reached number 61 on the U.S. albums chart.
Goin' to Memphis is very much a Mark Lindsay solo album. Lindsay composed six of the album's twelve songs, and Paul Revere & the Raiders perform on only one track - "Peace of Mind".Goin' to Memphis was the final Raiders album to be produced by Terry Melcher, who terminated his involvement with the band after its completion. Released in 1968, it was the last album by the group to be released in both mono and stereo as all record companies were phasing out mono Lp's that year. The album peaked at number 61 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
In a 1968 review, Billboard wrote that Memphis soul was a "natural fit" for the band, having "always had soul elements in its style."Allmusic's Bruce Eder called the album "a serious departure, without a trace of the garage punk or pop-psychedelia sound of their earlier albums, but it was also a reasonably successful one." He described Lindsay's vocals as "astonishingly strong and gritty" and suggested that Goin' to Memphis may have influenced Lindsay to undertake a solo career.
This album was remastered and rereleased on February 1, 2000 by Sundazed Records with bonus tracks.
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