People Get Ready (The Impressions album)

People Get Ready
Studio album by
the Impressions
ReleasedFebruary 1965
Genre
Length30:52
LabelABC-Paramount
ProducerJohnny Pate
The Impressions chronology
Keep On Pushing
(1964) 		People Get Ready
(1965) 		The Impressions' Greatest Hits
(1965)
Singles from People Get Ready
  1. "You Must Believe Me"
    Released: 1964
  2. "People Get Ready"
    Released: 1965
  3. "Woman's Got Soul"
    Released: 1965
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

People Get Ready is a studio album by the Impressions, released on ABC-Paramount in 1965. It contains Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", which was a successful single that had a significant impact on the civil rights movement.[1] The album reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart[2] and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Curtis Mayfield

No.TitleLength
1."Woman's Got Soul"2:20
2."Emotions"2:48
3."Sometimes I Wonder"2:58
4."We're in Love"2:28
5."Just Another Dance"2:51
6."Can't Work No Longer"2:21
7."People Get Ready"2:40
8."I've Found Out That I've Lost"2:51
9."Hard to Believe"2:27
10."See the Real Me"2:25
11."Get Up and Move"2:13
12."You Must Believe Me"2:30

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2][4] 23
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3][4] 1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bush, John. "People Get Ready (Universal) - The Impressions". AllMusic. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "The Impressions - Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "The Impressions - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 16, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "The Impressions - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2018.