Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

Be Altitude: Respect Yourself is a 1972 soul album by The Staple Singers.

Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
Studio album by The Staple Singers
Released	1972
Recorded	1971-1972
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre	Soul
Length	41:22
Label	Stax
Producer	Al Bell
The Staple Singers chronology
The Staple Swingers (1971) Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972) Be What You Are (1973)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B–[2]

It includes the hit songs "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". The musicians are the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns, augmented by overdubbed guitar, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron and harmonica by Terry Manning.

"We The People" was frequently used as a campaign song for U.S. President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election in the United States.

Track listing

#	Title	Writer(s)	Time
1	"This World"	William Friedman, Herb Schapiro	3:36
2	"Respect Yourself"	Luther Ingram, Mack Rice	4:54
3	"Name the Missing Word"	Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Raymond Jackson	4:00
4	"I'll Take You There"	Alvertis Isbell	4:43
5	"This Old Town (People in This Town)"	Don Covay, Wilson Pickett, William Stevenson	4:39
6	"We the People"	Booker T. Jones, Carl Smith	3:50
7	"Are You Sure"	Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson	4:27
8	"Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ the Superstar)?"	Pops Staples	4:10
9	"I'm Just Another Soldier"	Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson	3:50
10	"Who"	Jeff Barry, Bobby Bloom	3:13

Personnel

• Al Bell – Arranger, Producer
• Johnny Allen - Arranger
• Terry Manning – Engineer
• Jerry Masters – Engineer
• Ralph Rhodes – Engineer
• Staple Sisters
• Cleotha Staples
• Mavis Staples
• Pops Staples
• Yvonne Staples
• Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
• Ben Cauley & the Memphis Horns - horns

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums[3]	19
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3]	3

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[4]
		US Pop	US Soul
1971	"Respect Yourself"	12	2
1972	"I'll Take You There"	1	1
	"This World"	38	6

External links

• The Staple Singers-Be Altitude: Respect Yourself at Discogs

References

1. Bowman, Rob. The Staple Singers: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 07 October 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "The Staple Singers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
4. "The Staple Singers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-07.