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When A Man Loves A Woman / My Special Prayer

Percy Sledge

1972 · Funk / Soul

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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When A Man Loves A Woman / My Special Prayer by Percy Sledge

When A Man Loves A Woman / My Special Prayer is a Soul & Funk album by Percy Sledge, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1When a Man Loves a Woman2:55
  2. 2You Really Got a Hold On Me2:53
  3. 3Dark End of the Street2:46
  4. 4My Special Prayer3:02
  5. 5Warm and Tender Love3:17
  6. 6Rainbow Road2:51
  7. 7Take Time to Know Her3:05
  8. 8What Am I Living For2:29
  9. 9You Send Me3:07
  10. 10True Love Travels On a Gravel Road2:51
  11. 11Try a Little Tenderness2:48
  12. 12Stop the World Tonight3:16
  13. 13Drown In My Own Tears4:01
  14. 14Come Softly to Me2:56
  15. 15Heart of a Child2:50
  16. 16Help Me Make It Through the Night3:16
  17. 17I Found a Love3:17
  18. 18Keep Your Arms Around Me2:41
  19. 19Love Me Tender3:06
  20. 20Pledging My Love2:51
  21. 21Put a Little Lovin' On Me2:46
  22. 22Sunshine3:09
  23. 23Tell It Like It Is2:53
  24. 24That's How Strong My Love Is2:02
  25. 25That's the Way I Want to Live My Life2:56
  26. 26Thief In the Night2:29
  27. 27Too Many Rivers to Cross3:11
  28. 28With Every Beat of My Heart2:59
  29. 29You Can Always Get It Where You Got It2:55
  30. 30You've Really Got a Hold On Me2:53

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk
  • Classic Soul
  • warm
  • yearning
  • soulful

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Similar release to When A Man Loves A Woman / My Special Prayer (Germany 1973) (opens in a new tab) with same sleeve and matrix runouts, but different labels
Side A: Promo Quincy
Side B: Peter Maurice
Aus Der Langspielplatte
Das Bleiben Hits
Atlantic
ATL 40 423 (opens in a new tab)
B is erroneously credited to Joe Simon, who didn't write it but had a minor hit with the song in 1967. The actual writer is Wini Scot

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 20 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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