We the People (The Soul Searchers album)

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We the People
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Studio album by
Released1972
Recorded1972
StudioAmerican Star Studio,
Falls Church, Virginia
Genre
Length39:29
Label Sussex
Producer
  • Carroll Hynson
  • Joe Tate
The Soul Searchers chronology
We the People
(1972)
Salt of the Earth
(1974)

We the People is the debut album by the Washington, D.C.-based group The Soul Searchers. [1] [2]

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Track listing

Side A
  1. "We the People" (Chuck Brown, John Buchanan) – 5:28
  2. "Your Love is So Doggone Good" (Dee Ervin, Rudy Love) – 8:36
  3. "It's All in Your Mind" (Chuck Brown, John Buchanan) – 3:06
  4. "Soul to the People" (The Soul Searchers - Chuck Brown, Donald Tillery, Hilton Felton, Horace Brock, John Buchanan, John Euwell, Kenneth Scoggins, Lino Druitt, Lloyd Pinchback) – 2:58
Side B
  1. "Think" (James Brown) – 4:47
  2. "1993" (John Buchanan) – 4:54
  3. "When Will My Eyes See" (Donald Tillery) – 3:30
  4. "Blowout" (John Buchanan) – 6:06

Personnel

The Soul Searchers

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