Caught Up (Millie Jackson album)

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
Label	Spring
Producer	Brad Shapiro
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

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

Side B

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

1. Cook, Stephen. Caught Up at AllMusic
2. 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.
3. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-1974-1235138526/millie-jackson-caught-up-1235138552/
4. "American album certifications – Millie Jackson – Caught Up". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 24, 2023.