AMG Review of Soul of Wilson Pickett

Andrew Hamilton
All Music Guide

Early, wicked sides cut after the ex-Falcon flew the coop to go solo. These tracks along with his pre-solo masterpiece "I Found a Love" secured a lucrative deal for Wilson with Atlantic Records. Contains early soul bleeders and pleaders "If You Need Me," "It's Too Late," and not as frequently heard ditties like "Robert's Monkey Beat," named after Satintones' Robert Bateman and Don Juan Mancha's "Down to My Last Heartbreak."