The Staple Swingers | ||||
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Released | June 15, 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970–1971 | |||
Studio | Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |||
Genre | Pop-soul[1] | |||
Length | 45:06 | |||
Label | Stax | |||
Producer | Al Bell | |||
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Christgau's Record Guide | B[1] |
The Staple Swingers is a soul album by the Staple Singers, released on June 15, 1971.
It was the first Staple Singers album to be produced by Al Bell and recorded in Muscle Shoals. Pervis Staples was replaced by his sister Yvonne Staples prior to the recording of the album. Released in 1971, it charted at number nine on the Billboard Top Soul Albums charts.