A Man Needs a Woman explained

A Man Needs a Woman
Type:studio
Artist:James Carr
Cover:Amanneedsawoman.jpg
Released:1968
Genre:Deep soul
Southern soul
Country soul
Label:Vivid Sound
Goldwax
Kent
Producer:Quinton M. Claunch, Rudolph V. Russell
Prev Title:You Got My Mind Messed Up
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:Take Me to the Limit
Next Year:1991

A Man Needs a Woman is a 1968 album by James Carr. This would be the last of Carr's albums until his come-back album Take Me to the Limit in 1991.

After Carr's death in 2001, Kent Records re-released the album with several bonus tracks in 2003.

Track listing

  1. "A Man Needs a Woman" (O. B. McClinton) – 2:49
  2. "Stronger Than Love" (Clarence Shields) – 2:31
  3. "More Love" (Wayne Carson Thompson)  – 1:59
  4. "You Didn't Know It But You Had Me " (Dolly Greer, George Jackson) – 1:59
  5. "A Woman Is a Man's Best Friend" (Quinton Claunch, Rudolph V. "Doc" Russell) – 3:33
  6. "I'm a Fool for You" (Earl Cage, Claunch, Greer, Jackson, Russell) – 2:00
  7. "Life Turned Her That Way " (Harlan Howard) – 2:38
  8. "Gonna Send You Back to Georgia" (J. Hammonds Jr., Johnnie Mae Matthews) – 2:17
  9. "The Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) – 2:34
  10. "I Sowed Love and Reaped a Heartache" (D. Lee, A. Reynolds) – 2:27
  11. "You've Got My Mind Messed Up" (McClinton) – 2:27

2003 bonus tracks

  1. "A Losing Game" (James Carr, Denny Weaver) – 2:01
  2. "A Message to Young Lovers" (Claunch, Russell) – 2:44
  3. "Let It Happen" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn) – 2:38
  4. "You Gotta Have Soul"  – 1:49
  5. "You Hurt So Good"  – 2:00
  6. "I Can't Turn You Loose"  – 2:08
  7. "Let's Face Facts" (Lee Jones, Harold Thomas) – 2:26
  8. "Who's Been Warming My Oven"  – 3:19
  9. "Please Your Woman"  – 3:43
  10. "Your Love Made a U-Turn"  – 2:15
  11. "The Lifetime of a Man"  – 2:26
  12. "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong "  – 2:46
  13. "Ring of Fire" (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore) – 2:57