| This Is My Country | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Impressions |
| Cover: | Thisismycountry.jpg |
| Released: | November 1968 |
| Genre: | Chicago soul[1] |
| Length: | 29:13 |
| Label: | Curtom[2] |
| Producer: | Curtis Mayfield |
| Prev Title: | We're a Winner |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | The Versatile Impressions |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
This Is My Country is an album by the soul group the Impressions, released in 1968.[3] [4] It was their first album released on Curtis Mayfield's label, Curtom Records.
"Gone Away" was written by Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, and Leroy Hutson.[5] Hathaway also worked on "You Want Somebody Else".
The A.V. Club called the album inspiring and influential, writing that "even at its most syrupy, Mayfield gives his tunes elbow room, a muscular pulse, and an emotional complexity that's vengeful and redemptive all at once."[6] In a retrospective article, The Independent called it one of the 20 best albums of 1968, writing that "Mayfield gave notice of his own black pride on the stirring title track on which he both celebrates and condemns the country that his people populate."[7]
All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield; except where indicated
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | R&B & Soul Albums | 5 |
| Pop Albums | 107[8] |