Solomon Burke

Born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA Burke came by his gospel roots even more deeply than most soul stars. He was preaching at his family's Philadelphia church and hosting his own gospel radio show, even before he'd reached his teens. He began recording gospel and R&B sides for Apollo in the mid- to late '50s. Like several former gospel singers (Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett), he was molded into a more secular direction when he signed with Atlantic in the 1960s. Burke had a wealth of high-charting R&B hits in the early half of the '60s, which crossed over to the pop listings in a mild fashion as well. "Just Out of Reach," "Cry to Me," "If You Need Me," "Got to Get You Off My Mind," "Tonight's the Night," and "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" were the most successful of these, although, unlike Franklin or Pickett, he wasn't able to expand his R&B base into a huge pop following as well. He left Atlantic in the late '60s and spent the next decade hopping between various labels, getting his biggest hit with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" in 1969, and recording an album in the late '70s with the iconic Swamp Dogg as producer.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Burke became one of the most visible living exponents of classic soul music, continuing to tour and record albums in a rootsy, at times gospel-ish style. Although these were critically well received, their stylistic purity also ensured that their market was primarily confined to roots music enthusiasts rather than a pop audience. His live and later recorded work, however, is a favorite of those who want to experience a soul legend with his talents and stylistic purity relatively intact. Burke's 2002 release "Don't Give Up On Me" was hailed as a major comeback for the legendary soul man. Great songwriters like Elvis Costello, Dan Penn, Nick Lowe, and Tom Waits contributed songs and Joe Henry produced the album, which has been compared to Johnny Cash's landmark American Recordings. After the critical success of the LP reaffirmed Burke's status as one of the greatest living exponents of classic soul, the singer teamed up with producer Don Was for "Make Do With What You Got", a updated variation on his classic style that was released in spring 2005. A year later, Burke released an interesting country and soul hybrid, "Nashville", on Shout! Factory. A third album from the label, "Like a Fire", followed in 2008. In 2010 Burke independently released "Nothing's Impossible", which became legendary Willie Mitchell's last production credit before his death. Sadly, Burke himself passed a mere few months after the album's release.

Album Discography

"Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits" (Atlantic 1962)

1.Down In The Valley
2.Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)
3.How Many Times
4.Baby (I Wanna Be Loved)
5.Gotta Travel On
6.Looking For My Baby
7.I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You
8.Cry To Me
9.I Almost Lost My Mind
10.A Tear Fell
11.Be Bop Grandma
12.Keep The Magic Working

"Solomon Burke" (Kenwood 1962)

No Man Walks Alone/Why Do Me That Way/You Are My One Love/Don't Cry/I'm All Alone/A Picture Of You//Walking In A Dream/For You And You Alone/I'm In Love/To Thee/I Need You Tonight/You Can Run, But You Can't Hide

"If You Need Me" (Atlantic 1963)

If You Need Me/Words/Stupidity/Go On Back To Him/I Said I Was Sorry/It's All Right//Home In Your Heart/I Really Don't Want To Know/You Can Make It If You Try/Send Me Some Loving/This Little Ring/Tonight My Heart She Is Crying

"Rock N' Soul" (Atlantic 1964)

Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)/Cry To Me/Won't You Give Him (One More Chance)/If You Need Me/Hard Ain't It Hard/Can't Nobody Love You//Just Out Of Reach/You're Good For Me/You Can't Love 'Em All/Someone To Love Me/Beautiful Brown Eyes/He'll Have To Go

"The Best Of Solomon Burke" (Atlantic 1965)

Got To Get You Off My Mind/The Price/Down In The Valley/I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You/If You Need Me/Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)//Cry To Me/Everybody Needs Somebody To Love/Home In Your Heart/Tonight's The Night/I Really Don't Want To Know/Words

"King Solomon" (Atlantic 1967)

It's Been A Change/Take Me (Just As I Am)/Time Is A Thief/Keep A Light In The Window/Baby, Come On Home/Detroit City//Someone Is Watching/Party People/When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)/Woman, How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do/It's Just A Matter Of Time/Presents For Christmas

"I Wish I Knew" (Atlantic 1968)

I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)/Get Out Of My Life Woman/Meet Me In Church/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye//What'd I Say/Since I Met You Baby/Save It/Shame On Me/Why, Why, Why

"Proud Mary" (Bell 1969)

Proud Mary/These Arms Of Mine/I'll Be Doggone/How Big A Fool (Can A Fool Be)/Don't Wait Too Long//That Lucky Old Sun/Uptight Good Woman/I Can't Stop/Please Send Me Someone To Love/What Am I Living For

"Electronic Magnetism" (Polydor 1972)

The Electronic Magnetism (That's Heavy, Baby)/Three Psalms Of Elton: Your Song & Border Song & Take Me To The Pilot/You Can Run But You Can't Hide/All For The Love Of Sunshine/Together We'll Light Up The World//Stand/PSR 1983/Lookin' Out My Back Door/No Man Walks Alone/J.C. I Know Who You Are/Bridge Of Life

"Cool Breeze" (movie soundtrack) (MGM 1972)

Cool Breeze/PSR 1983/The Bus/Icbyatht W.T.?/Get Up And Do Something For Yourself//Love's Street And Fool's Road/It Must Be Love/Fight Back/Then I Want To Come Home (instr.)/Then I Want To Come Home (vocal)/We're Almost Home

"We're Almost Home" (MGM 1972)

We're Almost Home/I've Got To Do My Own Thing/I Got To Tell It/Drown In My Own Tears/I Can't Stop Loving You//The Things Love Will Make You Do/Everybody Wants To Fall In Love/Misty/Everything's Going To Be Alright Very Soon/Sweet, Sweet Reason

"King Heavy" (MGM 1972)

tracklist needed...

"The History Of" (Pride 1972)

Another compilation. Short one. Just Out Of Reach/I Almost Lost My Mind/Got To Get You Off My Mind/I Can't Stop Loving You/If You Need Me//Love's Street And Fool's Road/Tonight's The Night/The Electronic Magnetism (That's Heavy Baby)/Cry To Me/My Prayer

"I Have A Dream" (ABC/Dunhill 1974)

I Have A Dream/Now Is The Time/Looking For A Sign/Ring, Ring, Ring/We Can Be Together Again//Social Change/I Ain't Gonna Give Up (Till I Find A Way)/Mountain Top/Medley: Precious Lord, Take My Hand & We Shall Overcome

"Music To Make Love By" (Chess 1975)

Burke in his loveman mode ala Teddy Pendergrass/Barry White. Music To Make Love By (part 1)/Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You/Come Rain Or Come Shine/You And Your Baby Blues//All The Way/Thanks, I Needed That/Everlasting Love/Midnight And You/Music To Make Love By (part 2)

"Back To My Roots" (Chess 1976)

Burning For Your Love/Night And Day/Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime/I'm Going Back To My Roots//Precious Flower/The Do Right Song/Life Has It's Ups And Downs/Over And Over (Hugging And Loving)/I'll Never Stop Loving You

"Star Collection" (Atlantic 1975)

tracklist needed...

"Sidewalk, Fences & Walls" (Infinity 1979)

Typical of the era the set has it's Disco influence but Burke's singing and better than average material is found. Yes I Love You/Heavenly/Does Life Have A Meaning//Sweeter Than Sweetness/Sidewalks, Fences And Walls/Boo Hoo Hoo (Cra-Cra-Craya)/Hold On I'm Coming

"From The Heart" (Charly 1980)

tracklist needed...

"Lord, I Need A Miracle Right Now" (Savoy 1981)

Lord We Need A Miracle (Right Now)/I Believe In Jesus (I Believe In God)/Here's My Life/The Holy Ghost Is Smarter Than Me//Pray It Away/It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)/Aunt Margurite/You're The Only One I've Got/I'm Gonna Trust In The Lord (Until I Die)

"Into My Life You Came" (Savoy 1982)

Into My Life You Came/Mother Loves Her Children All The Time/Victory (We Shall Be Free)/My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me/Medley: Just A Closer Walk With Thee & This Little Light Of Mine & Amen//Never Alone/Try Jesus/Miracle Can Happen/Time Is Running Out

"Take Me Shake Me" (Savoy 1983)

Live set.

Take Me, Shake Me/Precious Lord, Take My Hand/Twelve Gates To The City/I Want Jesus To Walk With Me//You Should Be A Witness/Peace In The Valley/Praise Him/Swing Low Sweet Chariot

"This Is His Song" (Savoy 1984)

This Is His Song/I Know He Lives In Me/In The Garden//I'm Gonna Praise Him/Reach Out/Plant My Feet On Higher Ground/Somebody Touched Me

"Soul Alive" (Rounder 1985, 2002)

Live set includes his hits "Cry To Me", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love", etc.. a 2 CD version was released by Rounder some seventeen years later. Tracks: Introduction & Everybody Needs Somebody To Love/Medley: If You Need Me & Tonight's The Night & You're Good For Me & I Almost Lost My Mind & What Am I Living For & Just Out Of Reach//Medley: monologue & Take Me (Just As I Am) & I Can't Stop Loving You & monologue & I Can't Stop Loving You (reprise) & Down In The Valley & Proud Mary///Medley: Tonight's The Night (reprise) & Beautiful Brown Eyes & Just A Matter Of Time & monologue & Hold What You've Got & He'll Have To Go & Cry To Me//Introduction to encore & Gotta Get You Off My Mind (instr.)/Medley: Meet Me In Church & The Price & Words & monologue/Medley: You're Good For Me (reprise) & Send Me Some Lovin' & Gotta Get You Off My Mind/Medley: Having A Party & Amen

"A Change Is Gonna Come" (Rounder 1986)

1. Love Buys Love
2. Got to Get Myself Some Money
3. Let It Be You and Me
4. Love Is All That Matters
5. Don't Tell Me What a Man Won't Do For a Woman
6. Change Is Gonna Come, A
7. Here We Go Again
8. It Don't Get No Better Than This
9. When a Man Loves a Woman

  "Love Trap" (Isis-Voice 1987)

Love Trap/Do You Believe In The Hereafter/Every Breath You Take/Daddy Love Bear/Isis (Every Breath You Take)//Nothing But The Truth/Only God Knows/Drive/Sweet Spirit

"You Can Run But You Can't Hide" (Mr. R & B 1987)

1. To Thee
2. Why Do Me That Way
3. This Is It
4. My Heart Is a Chapel
5. Picture of You, A
6. You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
7. Friendship Ring
8. I'm Not Afraid
9. Don't Cry
10. Christmas Presents
11. I'm in Love
12. Leave My Kitten Alone
13. No Man Walks Alone
14. I'm All Alone
15. I Need You Tonight
16. Walking in a Dream
17. You Are My One Love
18. For You and You Alone
19. This Little Ring
20. They Always Say
21. Mama, Mama Dear

"The Bishop Rides South" (Charly 1988)

The "Proud Mary" album with four tracks added: Generation Of Revelations/I'm Gonna Stay Right Here/God Knows I Love You/In The Ghetto)

"The Rest Of" (Atlantic 1989)

1. It's All Right - (bonus track)
2. This Little Ring - (bonus track)
3. Just Out of Reach
4. Cry to Me
5. Down in the Valley
6. I'm Hanging up My Heart For You
7. Baby (I Wanna Be Loved)
8. I Really Don't Want to Know
9. Home in Your Heart
10. Words
11. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
12. If You Need Me
13. Somebody to Love Me - (bonus track)
14. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
15. Price, The
16. Got to Get You Off My Mind
17. Tonight's the Night
18. Someone Is Watching - (bonus track)
19. It's Been a Change - (bonus track)
20. Keep a Light in the Window - (bonus track)

"The Best Of" (Aim 1991)

1. Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)
2. Cry to Me
3. If You Need Me
4. I Have a Dream
5. Looking For a Sign
6. All For the Love of Sunshine
7. Now Is the Time
8. We Can Be Together Again
9. I Got You
10. Social Change
11. Mountain Top
12. Precious Lord, Take My Hand / We Shall Overcome

"Homeland" (Bizarre/Straight 1991)

1. Baby Please Don't Cry
2. Try a Little Tenderness
3. I Don't Need Nobody
4. Make It up to You
5. Stayin' Away
6. Home Land
7. I'll Be There
8. Love Ain't No Easy Place to Be
9. You're Gonna Love Me
10. What I've Got to Do

"Home In Your Heart: The Best Of" (Rhino 1992)

DISC 1:
1. Home in Your Heart
2. Down in the Valley
3. Looking For My Baby
4. I'm Hanging up My Heart For You
5. Cry to Me
6. Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)
7. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
8. Words
9. Stupidity
10. Send Me Some Loving
11. Go on Back to Him
12. Baby (I Wanna Be Loved)
13. Can't Nobody Love You
14. Got to Get You Off My Mind
15. Someone to Love Me
16. You're Good For Me
17. Dance Dance Dance
18. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
19. Tonight's the Night
20. Baby, Come on Home
21. If You Need Me
22. Price, The

DISC 2:
1. Get Out of My Life Woman
2. Save It
3. Take Me (Just as I Am)
4. When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)
5. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)
6. Party People
7. Keep a Light in the Window
8. I Feel a Sin Coming On
9. Meet Me in Church
10. Someone Is Watching
11. Detroit City
12. Shame on Me
13. I Stayed Away Too Long
14. It's Just a Matter of Time
15. Since I Met You Baby
16. Time Is a Thief
17. Woman, How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do
18. It's Been a Change
19. What'd I Say

"Soul Of The Blues" (Black Top 1993)

1. My Babe
2. Good Rockin' Tonight
3. Sufferin' Mind
4. Letter From My Darling
5. Don't Deceive Me
6. Candy
7. Crowded Hole
8. Along About Midnight
9. Pledging My Love
10. Lonesome Highway
11. Street Walking Woman
12. No Nights by Myself

"Let Your Love Flow" (Shanachie 1993)

1. Boo Hoo Hoo (Cra-Cra-Craya)
2. Sidewalks, Fences and Walls
3. Lucky
4. More, The
5. Please Come Back Home to Me
6. Let Your Love Flow
7. See That Girl
8. Sweeter Than Sweetness
9. Please Don't You Say Goodbye to Me
10. Hold On! I'm Comin'

"Live At The House Of Blues" (Black Top 1995)

1. Introduction / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
2. If You Need Me / Tonight's The Night / I Almost Lost My Mind / I Almost Lost My Mind
3. Cruel World
4. Cry to Me
5. Candy/Candy Rap
6. Got to Get You Off My Mind
7. No More Nights by Myself
8. Ain't Nobody's Business
9. Down in the Valley
10. I Want a Little Girl
11. Beautiful Brown Eyes / Just A Matter Of Time / Just A Matter Of Time
12. Good Rockin' Tonight

"King Of Rock N' Soul" (Black Top 1997)

1. Good Rockin' Tonight
2. My Babe
3. Lonesome Highway
4. Letter From My Darling
5. Street Walkin' Woman
6. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
7. If You Need Me / Tonight's The Night / I Almost Lost My Mind
8. Down in the Valley
9. Got to Get You Off My Mind

"The Definition Of Soul" (Pointblank 1997)

1. Why Can't We Come Together
2. Your Time to Cry
3. Sweet Spirit
4. You're the One
5. Just for You
6. Oooooo You
7. Everybody's Got a Game
8. Today Is Your Birthday
9. Use Me, But Leave My Mind Alone
10. It's So Hard
11. Nobody But You

"We Need A Miracle" (601 Music 1998)

Songs Include : "Lord We Need A Miracle Right Now" / "I Believe In Jesus I Believe In God" / "Here's My Life" / "The Holy Ghost Is Smarter Than Me" / "Pray It Away" / "It Is No Secret What God Can Do" / "Aunt Margurite" / "You're The Only One I've Got" / "I'm Gonna Trust In The Lord Until I Die"

"The Very Best Of" (Rhino 1998)

1. Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)
2. Cry to Me
3. Down in the Valley
4. I'm Hanging up My Heart for You
5. If You Need Me
6. Can't Nobody Love You
7. You're Good for Me
8. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
9. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
10. Price, The
11. Got to Get You off My Mind
12. Tonight's the Night
13. Someone Is Watching
14. Take Me (Just as I Am)
15. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)
16. Soul Meeting

"Not By Water But Fire This Time" (CGP 1999)

1. Not by Water, But Fire This Time
2. I'm Trusting in Him
3. Turn This Thing Around
4. He Knows How Much We Can Bear
5. Music Box
6. In the Midst of Us
7. Mighty Rushing Wind
8. Thank You, Jesus...
9. Word of God, The
10. I'm Blessed
11. How Will I Know?
12. Silent Prayer
13. Praise Him / Yes Lord
14. It's Over

"Proud Mary" The Bell Sessions" (Sundazed 2000)

1. Proud Mary
2. These Arms of Mine
3. I'll Be Doggone
4. How Big a Fool (Can a Fool Be)
5. Don't Wait Too Long
6. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
7. Uptight Good Woman
8. I Can't Stop (No, No, No)
9. Please Send Me Someone to Love
10. What Am I Living For?
11. She Thinks I Still Care - (previously unreleased)
12. I'm Gonna Stay Right Here
13. Generation of Revelations, The
14. In the Ghetto
15. God Knows I Love You
16. Mighty Quinn, The (Quinn the Eskimo) - (previously unreleased)
17. Change Is Gonna Come, A - (previously unreleased)

"King Of Blues N' Soul" (Fuel 2001)

1. Good Rockin' Tonight
2. Sufferin' Mind
3. Letter from My Darling
4. My Babe
5. Don't Deceive Me
6. Candy
7. Crawdad Hole
8. Along About Midnight
9. Pledging My Love
10. Lonesome Highway
11. Street Walking Woman
12. No Nights by Myself
13. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - (live)
14. Medley: If You Need Me/Tonight's the Night/I Almost Lost My Mind: If You Need Me / Tonight's The Night / I Almost Lost My Mind
15. Cry to Me - (live)
16. Got to Get You off My Mind - (live)
17. Down in the Valley

"Don't Give Up On Me" (Fat Possom 2002)

1. Don't Give Up on Me
2. Fast Train
3. Diamond in Your Mind
4. Flesh and Blood
5. Soul Searchin'
6. Only a Dream
7. Judgement, The
8. Stepchild
9. Other Side of the Coin, The
10. None of Us Are Free
11. Sit This One Out

"Soulman" (Prestige Elite 2002)

1. Boo Hoo
2. Hold On, I'm Coming
3. Sweeter Than Sweetness
4. Sidewalks
5. Fences and Walls
6. Let Your Love Flow
7. More Lucky Please, The
8. Come Back Home to Me

"The Incredible Solomon Burke At His Best" (Amherst 2002)

1. Please Don't Say Goodbye to Me
2. See That Girl
3. Yes, I Love You
4. Heavenly
5. Does Life Have a Meaning
6. Please Come Back to Me
7. Boo Hoo Hoo (Cra-Cra-Craya)
8. More, The
9. Hold On! I'm Comin'
10. Let Your Love Flow
11. Sidewalks, Fences and Walls
12. Sweeter Than Sweetness
13. Lucky

"The Apollo Album (Live)" (P-Vine 2003)

tracklist needed...

"That's Heavy Baby 1971-1973" (Raven 2005)

1. Electronic Magnetism, The (That's Heavy Baby)
2. Three Psalms of Elton
3. Medley
4. You Can Run But You Can't Hide
5. Stand
6. Bridge of Life
7. Psr 1983
8. Lookin' Out My Back Door
9. J.C. I Know Who You Are
10. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The
11. Get up and Do Something For Yourself
12. Love's Street and Fool's Road
13. It Must Be Love
14. Then I Want to Come Home
15. We're Almost Home
16. I've Got to Do My Own Thing
17. Drown in My Own Tears
18. Everybody Wants to Fall in Love
19. I Can't Stop Loving You
20. Sweet Sweet Reason
21. Misty
22. Georgia up North
23. Here Comes the Train

"Make Do With What You Got" (Shout! Factory 2005)

1. I Need Your Love in My Life
2. What Good Am I?
3. It Makes No Difference
4. Let Somebody Love Me
5. After All These Years
6. Fading Footsteps
7. At the Crossroads
8. I Got the Blues
9. Make Do With What You Got
10. Wealth Won't Save Your Soul

***1/2 2002 was a great year for Mr. Solomon Burke. Joe Henry took him into the Fat Possom camp (which has a knack for bringing old time soul/blues greats back from the obscure- R.L. Burnside, T-Model Ford & more) and made a brilliant rootsy album "Don't Give Up On Me" that critics went wild for and it even sold better than any Burke album since the 60s. As great as that disc was some felt it wasn't soulful in the traditional sense- no horns- too folk- so this time Burke is produced by Don Was and he often takes him to more familiar ground. The opener "I Need Your Love In My Life" is a stomper ala "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" with a catchy guitar riff and horns peppered at the right moments. Already the album is more lively than his last disc. Up next is a terrific midtempo take on Bob Dylan's "What Good Am I" . The real highlight though is "Let Somebody Love Me" with a show-stopping vocal by the man. But those who fell in love with his Fat Possom record will notice "After All These Years" & "At The Crossroads" sound like they could fit right in on"Don't Give Up On Me" with the lilting organ and Burke singing in his deeper register. Although not as strong as that album overall (the title track & "Fading Footsteps" just aren't up to snuff) it is a worthy follow up that should keep Burke's renaissance alive.

"Definitive Soul Collection" (Rhino 2006)

1. Just out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)
2. Cry to Me
3. Down in the Valley
4. I'm Hanging Up My Heart for You
5. Go on Back to Him
6. Home in Your Heart
7. If You Need Me
8. Can't Nobody Love You
9. You're Good for Me
10. He'll Have to Go
11. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
12. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
13. Looking for My Baby
14. Yes I Do
15. Price, The
16. Tonight's the Night

DISC 2:
1. Got to Get You off My Mind
2. Someone Is Watching
3. Baby Come on Home
4. Keep Looking
5. Keep a Light in the Window Till I Come Home
6. Take Me (Just as I Am)
7. Detroit City
8. Party People
9. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel to Be Free)
10. Soul Meeting
11. Get out of My Life Woman
12. Proud Mary
13. Midnight and You
14. You and Your Baby Blues

"The Chess Collection" (UM3/Island UK 2006)

1. Music to Make Love by (Part 1)
2. Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You
3. Come Rain or Come Shine
4. You & Your Baby Blues
5. All the Way
6. Thanks I Needed That
7. Everlasting Love
8. Midnight & You
9. Music to Make Love by (Part 2)
10. I'm Going Back to My Roots
11. I'll Never Stop Loving You
12. I'm Leaving on That Late, Late Train

"Nashville" (Shout! Factory 2006)

1. That's How I Got to Memphis
2. Seems Like You're Gonna Take Me Back
3. Tomorrow Is Forever
4. Ain't Got You
5. Valley of Tears
6. Honey Where's the Money Gone
7. Atta Way to Go
8. Millionaire
9. Up to the Mountain
10. Does My Ring Burn Your Finger
11. Vicious Circle
12. We're Gonna Hold On
13. You're the Kind of Trouble
14. 'Til I Get It Right

"Soul Lucky" (Music Avenue 2006)

1. Boo Hoo (Cry Over You)
2. Lucky
3. Hold on I'm Coming
4. Please Come Back to Me
5. More, The
6. Sidewalks, Fences and Walls
7. Sweeter Than Sweetness
8. Let Your Love Flow
9. Music to Make Love By
10. Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You
11. Everlasting Love

"Like A Fire" (Shout! Factory 2008)

1. Like a Fire
2. We Don't Need It
3. Fall, The
4. Minute to Rest and a Second to Pray, A - (featuring Ben Harper)
5. Ain't That Something
6. What Makes Me Think I Was Right
7. Understanding
8. You and Me
9. Thank You
10. If I Give My Heart to You

"This is It: Apollo Soul Origins" (Shout! Factory 2008)

1. I'm All Alone
2. Christmas Presents
3. I'm in Love
4. Why Do Me That Way
5. To Thee
6. No Man Walks Alone
7. Walking in a Dream
8. You Can Run But You Can't Hide
9. Picture of You, A
10. I Need You Tonight
11. This Is It
12. For You and You Alone
13. You Are My One Love
14. They Always Say
15. Don't Cry
16. My Heart Is a Chapel

"Essential Recordings: It Don't Get No Better Than This" (Rounder 2009)

same as 1986's "Change is Gonna Come" LP with live "Proud Mary" added

1. Love Buys Love
2. Got To Get Myself Some Money
3. Let It Be You and Me
4. Love is All That Matters
5. Don't Tell Me What a Man Won't Do For a Woman
6. Change is Gonna Come, A
7. Here We Go Again
8. It Don't Get No Better Than This
9. When a Man Loves a Woman
10. Proud Mary

"Nothing's Impossible" (E1 2010)

1. Oh What a Feeling
2. Everything About You
3. Dreams
4. Nothing's Impossible
5. It Must Be Love
6. You Needed Me
7. Say You Love Me Too
8. You're Not Alone
9. New Company
10. When You're Not Here
11. Error of My Ways, The
12. I'm Leavin'

Solomon Burke and De Dijk "Hold On Tight" (Verve 2011)

1. Hold On Tight
2. My Rose Saved From The Street
3. What A Woman
4. No One
5. More Beauty
6. I Gotta Be With You
7. Seventh Heaven
8. Good For Nothing
9. Text Me
10. Don't Despair
11. The Bend
12. Perfect Song