That's the Way It Should Be

That's the Way It Should Be is an album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, their first since Universal Language, released in 1977. The track "Cruisin'" won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. It features drummer Steve Jordan on 9 of the albums tracks whilst James Gadson played on the remaining three. That's the Way It Should Be is the final album to feature bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn before his death in 2012 and also the most recent album the band has released (as of 2012, the group dissolved).

That's the Way It Should Be
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 24th 1994
Recorded1994
GenreSouthern soul, instrumental rock
Length37:10
LabelColumbia, Acadia
ProducerBooker T. Jones, Steve Cropper
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
Universal Language
(1977)
That's the Way It Should Be
(1994)
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Track listing edit

  1. "Slip Slidin'" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Steve Jordan)
  2. "Mo' Greens" (Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Steve Jordan)
  3. "Gotta Serve Somebody" (Bob Dylan)
  4. "Let's Wait a While" (Melanie Andrews, James Harris III, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis)
  5. "That's the Way It Should Be" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T. Jones, Steve Jordan)
  6. "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield)
  7. "Camel Ride" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T. Jones, Steve Jordan)
  8. "Have a Heart" (Bonnie Hayes)
  9. "Cruisin'" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Anton Fig, Booker T. Jones)
  10. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Don Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles)
  11. "Sarasota Sunset" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Anton Fig, Booker T. Jones)
  12. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr.)

Personnel edit

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