Soulful Dress
1984 studio album by Marcia Ball
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Soulful Dress is a blues album by Marcia Ball.[2][3] It is Ball's second solo album.[4] Soulful Dress was released in 1984 through Rounder Records.[5] Stevie Ray Vaughan played the first guitar solo on "Soulful Dress".
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Rounder[1] | |||
| Producer | Denny Bruce | |||
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD | [8] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |  [9] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [10] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "blues ballads and contemporary honky-tonk stylings further recommend an album that is both personally revealing and musically swinging."[10] Nashville Scene called the album "one of the decade’s most nuanced explorations of New Orleans-style R&B."[11]
Track listing
All songs written by Marcia Ball except as noted.
- "Soulful Dress" (Maurice McAlister, Terry Vail) – 3:16
- "Make Your Move Too Soon" – 3:19
- "I'd Rather Go Blind" (Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan) – 5:08
- "Jailbird" (Dave Bartholomew) – 2:58
- "Eugene" – 3:44
- "My Mind's Made Up" – 2:29
- "A Thousand Times" – 3:25
- "That's Why I Love You" (Moore) – 3:33
- "Soul on Fire" (LaVern Baker, Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry Wexler) – 4:46
- "Don't Want No Man" – 3:00
Personnel
- Piano, vocals – Marcia Ball
- Bass – Don Bennett
- Drums – Wes Starr
- Guitar – Kenny Ray, Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Horns – The Mighty Big Horns (Keith Winking, Kent Winking, Pat Mackrell)
- Organ – Nick Connolly
- Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Mark Kazanoff