The Chokin' Kind (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Chokin' Kind

| type = Studio

| artist = Joe Simon

| cover = Joe Simon The Chokin' Kind album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1969

| recorded = Music City Recorders
(Nashville, Tennessee)

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Soul, R&B

| length =

| label = Sound Stage 7

| producer = John Richbourg

| prev_title = Simon Sings

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = Joe Simon...Better Than Ever

| next_year = 1969

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Chokin' Kind

| type = Studio

| single1 = The Chokin' Kind

| single1date = February 1969

| single2 = Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind

| single2date = June 1969

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000167748 |label=The Chokin' Kind review |first=Mark |last=Deming |accessdate=2017-10-09}}

}}

The Chokin' Kind is the fourth studio album recorded by American singer Joe Simon, released in 1969 on the Sound Stage 7 label.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 18 on the R&B albums chart and No. 81 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind", which charted at No. 16 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Yours Love", which reached No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart and No. 78 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind

| writer1 = Harlan Howard

| length1 = 2:42

| title2 = (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

| writer2 = Otis Redding, Steve Cropper

| length2 = 2:47

| title3 = Little Green Apples

| writer3 = Bobby Russell

| length3 = 3:12

| title4 = Lonely Man

| writer4 = Delmar Donnell

| length4 = 2:44

| title5 = The Chokin' Kind

| writer5 = Harlan Howard

| length5 = 2:38

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title6 = Yours Love

| writer6 = Harlan Howard

| length6 = 3:03

| title7 = Help Yourself (To All My Lovin')

| writer7 = Scott English, Jerry Ross, Mark Barkan

| length7 = 2:21

| title8 = Wichita Lineman

| writer8 = Jimmy Webb

| length8 = 3:18

| title9 = Don't Let Me Lose the Feeling

| writer9 = Allen Orange

| length9 = 2:19

| title10 = I'm Too Far Gone to Turn Around

| writer10 = Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks

| length10 = 2:28

| title11 = In the Still of the Night (I'll Remember)

| writer11 = Fred Parris

| length11 = 2:44

}}

Charts

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1969)

!Peak{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/joe-simon|title=US Charts > Joe Simon|work=Billboard|accessdate=9 October 2017}}

U.S. Billboard Top LPs

|align="center"|81

U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs

|align="center"|18

;Singles

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="2"\| Peak
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"\| US ! width="35"\| US R&B
rowspan="2"\|1969 \| align="left"\| "The Chokin' Kind" \| 13 \| 1
align="left"\| "Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind" \| 72 \| 16
rowspan="1"\|1970 \| align="left"\| "Yours Love" \| 78 \| 10

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="35"| US

! width="35"| US
R&B

rowspan="2"|1969

| align="left"| "The Chokin' Kind"

| 13

| 1

align="left"| "Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind"

| 72

| 16

rowspan="1"|1970

| align="left"| "Yours Love"

| 78

| 10

References

External links

{{discogs master|381432|The Chokin' Kind}}

Category:1969 albums

Category:Joe Simon (musician) albums