Caught Up (Millie Jackson album) explained

Caught Up
Type:	studio
Artist:	Millie Jackson
Cover:	Caughtup.jpg
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
Prev Title:	I Got To Try It One Time
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Still Caught Up
Next Year:	1975

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.

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