My Greatest 100 (or so) Albums...

Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits (Atlantic, 1972). The Wicked Pickett may have been a little wild, but he was a soul music giant, and a bit of a commercial genius. Following key trends, Wilson recorded in Detroit, when Motown was starting("I Found a Love), in Memphis at Stax when Otis Redding was ruling("In the Midnight Hour"), in Muscle Shoals, Alabama when the Allman Brothers were the House Band ("Hey Jude"), and in Philadelphia when Gamble, Huff, and Thom Bell had taken over in the early `70's ("Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You"). He also worked with great musicians at every stop. Check out Steve Cropper's and Duane Allman's contributions to this classic, but most of all, just check it out!