Best known, then, as a writer for the Stax stable from 1966-75, Banks was also a recording artist in his own right, and it is this much less celebrated facet of his career that's addressed on this 20-track compilation. Originallyrecorded for the Minit label in the mid-'60s, the songs fall broadly into two camps: the riff-heavy dance tracks and the big Southern soul ballads. He proves himself a master of both styles.
- 1 Hooked By Love
- 2 60 Minutes Of Your Love
- 3 Do You Know What
- 4 Up To My Neck In Love
- 5 A Lot Of Love
- 6 Ain't Found Nothin' To Beat What I Got
- 7 Fighting So Hard To Win
- 8 A Poor Man's Son
- 9 Round The Clock Lover Man
- 10 I Know You Know I Know
- 11 I'm Drifting
- 12 Foolish Hearts Break Fast
- 13 Sometimes It Makes Me Want To Cry
- 14 Lucky Loser
- 15 (Who You Gonna Run To) Me Or Your Mama
- 16 Lady Of Stone
- 17 Release Me Now
- 18 Danny Boy
- 19 Must Be Something You Gave Me
- 20 Uptight Medley (Uptight / Land Of 1000 Dances / In The Midnight Hour)
