Millie Jackson (album)

Millie Jackson is the self-titled debut album by singer-songwriter, Millie Jackson. This album is different from all her other album to follow in that this album features some Motown style songs. It includes the R&B hits "A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)", "My Man, A Sweet Man" and "Ask Me What You Want." The album was arranged by Tony Camillo and Bert de Coteaux.

Millie Jackson
Studio album by
Millie Jackson
Released1972
StudioMediasound, New York City; Track Recorders, Silver Spring, Maryland
GenreR&B
Length29:05
LabelSpring Records
ProducerRaeford Gerald
Millie Jackson chronology
Millie Jackson
(1972)		 It Hurts So Good
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:1/2[3]

In 2006, Ace Records in the UK digitally remastered this album (along with four other best-selling Millie Jackson albums) and released it on CD with bonus tracks and extensive liner notes.

Track listings

All tracks composed by Raeford Gerald, except where indicated

  1. "If This Is Love"
  2. "I Ain't Giving Up" (Raeford Gerald, Joe Simon, Dock Price Jr.)
  3. "I Miss You Baby"
  4. "A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)" (Millie Jackson, Don French)
  5. "Ask Me What You Want" (Millie Jackson, Billy Nichols)
  6. "My Man, a Sweet Man"
  7. "You're The Joy of My Life" (Raeford Gerald, Reginald Spruill)
  8. "I Gotta Get Away (From My Own Self)" (Raeford Gerald, Dock Price Jr.)
  9. "I Just Can't Stand It" (Millie Jackson, Billy Nichols)
  10. "Strange Things"

2006 bonus tracks
11. "A Little Bit of Something" (Billy Nichols)
12. "My Heart Took a Licking (But It Kept on Ticking)" (Trudy Berry, Victor Davis)
13. "Untrue Men" (Trudy Berry, Pat McQueen, Eugene Hamilton, Rob Reeco)
14. "I Don't Wanna Talk About It"
15. "Ask Me What You Want" (Unedited Master)
16. "You're the Joy of My Life" (Alternate Take)
17. "My Man, a Sweet Man" (Unedited Master)
18. "I Just Can't Stand It" (Unedited Master)
19. "I Miss You Baby" (Alternate Mix with Additional Strings)
20. "Strange Things" (Alternate Mix with Additional Strings)
21. "Hypocrisy" (Alternate Version)

Charts
Chart (1972) Peak
position
Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] 166

Singles
Year Single Chart positions
US Pop US Soul
1971 "A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)"[5] – 22
1972 "My Man, A Sweet Man"[5] 42 7
1972 "Ask Me What You Want"[5] 27 4
1973 "I Miss You Baby"[5] 95 22

References
  1. Bush, John. Millie Jackson: Millie Jackson > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. "Review: Millie Jackson — Millie Jackson" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. December 1989. p. 147. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via World Radio History.
  4. "Millie Jackson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  5. "Millie Jackson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
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