Caught Up (Millie Jackson album)

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Caught Up

Studio album by

Millie Jackson

Released

1974

Recorded

1973–1974

Studio

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama
Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida

Genre

Deep soul

Length

35:59

Millie Jackson chronology

I Got To Try It One Time
(1974)

Caught Up
(1974)

Still Caught Up
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−^[2]

Caught Up is the fourth album by R&B musician Millie Jackson. It includes the hit singles, "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", "The Rap" and "I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You." A concept album, Caught Up follows the story of a woman having an affair with a married man. Side A features Jackson singing from the mistress' point of view and Side B is told from the wife's point of view.

The album was ranked 23 of the best albums of 1974 by Rolling Stone.^[3]

Track listing

Side A

"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson) – 3:56
"The Rap" (Millie Jackson) – 5:53
"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right (Reprise)" (Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson) - 1:13
"All I Want is a Fighting Chance" (Millie Jackson, King Sterling) – 2:37
"I'm Tired of Hiding" (Phillip Mitchell, Billy Clements) – 3:51

Side B

"It's All Over but the Shouting" (Millie Jackson, King Sterling) – 2:51
"So Easy Going, So Hard Coming Back" (Phillip Mitchell) – 4:07
"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You" (Bobby Womack) – 5:48
"Summer (The First Time)" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 5:43

Personnel

Millie Jackson - vocals, concept
Barry Beckett - keyboards
David Hood - bass
Roger Hawkins - drums
Jimmy Johnson - guitar
Mike Lewis - orchestration
Tom Roady, Brad Shapiro - percussion

Technical

David Wiseltier - cover design

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Cook, Stephen. Caught Up at AllMusic
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ [1]
^ "American album certifications – Millie Jackson – Caught Up". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

v t e Millie Jackson
Albums	Millie Jackson It Hurts So Good Caught Up Still Caught Up Feelin' Bitchy Get It Out'cha System A Moment's Pleasure Live & Uncensored E.S.P. (Extra Sexual Persuasion) An Imitation of Love Back to the St! Not for Church Folk!
Singles	"It Hurts So Good" "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" "Sweet Music Man" "Hot! Wild! Unrestricted! Crazy Love"

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