Track Listing

1. Mr Big Stuff
2. Little Bit Of Something (Is Better Than All Of Nothing)
3. Don't Talk About Jody
4. Think It Over
5. Take Him (You Can Have My Man)
6. You City Slicker
7. Why I Keep Living These Memories
8. Call Me Your Fool If You Want To
9. One-Way Ticket To Nowhere (It's The End Of The Ride)
10. Your Six-Bit Change
11. Do Me
12. Helping Man
13. Carry On
14. Save The Last Kiss For Me
15. Pick Up The Pieces
16. You Think You're Hot Stuff

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99006 in Music
• Released on: 2001-02-26
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Originally released in 1971, Mr Big Stuff proves that Jean Knight's one-hit wonder status is scandalously unjust. That's not to underestimate the sheer brilliance of her most celebrated cut. The sassy, struttin' title track remains an R&B classic, with Knight's strident delivery--particularly the stinging retort "Who do you think you are?"--a provocative proclamation of feisty independence. The single certainly proved to be "big stuff". One of Stax's biggest hits, it topped the US R&B chart and just failed to scale the Billboard pop summit. Unfortunately, although the album contained a succession of equally scintillating tunes, Jean was unable to repeat the success of "Mr Big Stuff". The failure of fierce 'n' funky follow-ups "You Think You're Hot Stuff" and "Carry On" is especially hard to fathom. --Chris King

Customer Reviews

Good quality mix of funk and soul
This album should have received more attention that it has got - it is a steady mixture of funk and soul that rivals any album by Knight's contemporaries. Every track is of a high standard, from the blaxploitation style funk of 'Do Me' to the rather Otis-esque slower songs.

If you like soul and funk, this album is a must have. My only criticism is that two of the tracks are virtual re-writes of the superfunky title track 'Mr Big Stuff'. For those of you that don't know it, it sounds a little like 'Express Yourself' and is played every week on Soccer AM (that's how I found it).