Still Caught Up

by Millie Jackson

Overview

Still Caught Up returned listeners to the torrid backbiting and constant recriminations of Millie Jackson's blockbuster Caught Up, and though it didn't compare favorably, it was easily good enough to make it better than her average full-length. Though not live, it has a stagey sound, with frequent monologues, nice testifying backup vocals, an odd breakout of audience applause, and the kind of loose-limbed horn section heard during Elvis' Las Vegas appearances. Jackson sounds resigned at the beginning ("Making the Best of a Bad Situation"), but by the end side one, she's getting just as unhinged as on Caught Up ("The Memory of a Wife") and talking just as tough ("Tell Her It's Over"). It must have grown difficult to select appropriate material for another record of this kind, but she closes it out in style with Mac Davis' "I Still Love You (You Still Love Me)." [The 2006 reissue includes two bonus tracks: a rehearsal version of "The Memory of a Wife" and "How Can I Make Sweet Love to You (If You Won't Stand Still)," an early take of a track from Jackson's I Got to Try It One Time album that was later retitled "One Night Stand."] ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2006
Label:	Southbound
UPC:	0029667020022
Rank:	108850

Tracks

1. Loving Arms
2. Making the Best of a Bad Situation
3. The Memory of a Wife
4. Tell Her It's Over
5. Do What Makes You Satisfied
6. You Can't Stand the Thought of Another Man Loving Me
7. Leftovers
8. I Still Love You (You Still Love Me)
9. The Memory of a Wife
10. How Can I Make Sweet Love to You (If You Won't Stand Still)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Millie Jackson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Barry Beckett   Keyboards
Charles Chalmers   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Johnson   Guitar
Donna Rhodes   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Sandra Chalmers   Vocals
Jane Fricky   Vocals (Background)
Sandy Rhoads   Vocals (Background)
The Swampers   Conductor
Janie Fricke   Vocals
David Hood   Bass
Tom Roady   Percussion
Pete Carr   Guitar
Roger Hawkins   Drums
Mike Lewis   Conductor
Brad Shapiro   Conductor

Technical Credits

Brad Shapiro   Rhythm Arrangements,Composer,Producer
Ernie Winfrey   Engineer
The Swampers   Rhythm Arrangements
Nima Yakubu   Photography
Adam Skeaping   Post Production
King Sterling   Composer
Mac Emmerman   Engineer
Steve Melton   Engineer
Gary Osborne   Composer
Mac Davis   Composer
Mark James   Composer
Richard Kerr   Composer
Phillip Mitchell   Composer
Jerry Masters   Engineer
Mike Lewis   Arranger
Millie Jackson   Composer,Producer
Tom Jans   Composer