Hold On, I'm Comin'

Infobox Album
Name = Hold On, I'm Comin'
Type = studio
Artist = Sam and Dave


Released = April 1, 1966
Recorded = 1965–1966
Genre = Soul
Length = 32:04
Label = Stax/Atlantic
Stax 708
Producer = Jim Stewart
Isaac Hayes
David Porter
Booker T. & the MG's
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fpxqy5ldke link]
Last album = ---
This album = "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
(1966)
Next album = "Double Dynamite"
(1967)
Misc =

"Hold On, I'm Comin'" is the 1966 debut album by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966

The album reached number one on the "Billboard" Black Albums chart and number 45 on the Billboard 200, launching three charting singles. The title track peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Hot Black Singles chart, and at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody" ranked number eight and number 21 respectively, while "You Don't Know Like I Know" peaked at number seven and number 90. An "Allmusic" review refers to "Hold On, I'm Comin'" as epitomizing "Memphis soul in all its unpretentious, down-home glory". [Henderson, Alex and Jurek, Thom. [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fpxqy5ldke Review for "Hold On, I'm Comin'"] . "Allmusic". Retrieved 2008-3-30. ]

Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, all tracks written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

ide one

#"Hold On, I'm Comin'" – 2:36
#"If You Got the Loving" (Steve Cropper, Hayes, Porter) – 2:33
#"I Take What I Want" (Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Porter) – 2:33
#"Ease Me" – 2:25
#"I Got Everything I Need" (Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 2:56
#"Don't Make It So Hard on Me" (Floyd, Willa Dean Parker) – 2:45

ide two

#"It's a Wonder" – 2:53
#"Don't Help Me Out" – 3:09
#"Just Me" (Randall Catron, ? Frierson, Parker) – 2:40
#"You Got It Made" – 2:33
#"You Don't Know Like I Know" – 2:40
#"Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)" (Cropper, Isbell) – 2:22

Personnel

* Samuel Moore – vocals
* Dave Prater – vocals
* Booker T. & the MG's and the Mar-Key Horns – instrumentation:
**Booker T. Jones – keyboards
**Steve Cropper – guitar
**Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
**Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
**Charles "Packy" Axton – tenor saxophone
**Don Nix – saxophone
**Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
**Isaac Hayes – organ
* Deanie Parker – liner notes
* Ronnie Stoots – cover artwork

References