Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (soundtrack)

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Soundtrack album by
Earth, Wind & Fire
ReleasedJune 1971
Recorded1971
GenreFunk, soul
Length37:28
LabelStax
Earth, Wind & Fire chronology
The Need of Love
(1971) 		Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
(1971) 		Last Days and Time
(1972)
Melvin Van Peebles chronology
Watermelon Man
(1970) 		Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
(1971) 		Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(favourable)[2]
UDiscover Music(favourable)[3]
Record Collector(favourable)[4]
Uncut[5]

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the soundtrack to Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 feature film of the same name. The soundtrack was performed by then-unknown Earth, Wind & Fire and released in 1971 on Stax Records. To attract publicity for the film without spending significant money, the soundtrack was released before the movie; it performed well, reaching No. 13 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Melvin Van Peebles: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  2. ^ "Album Reviews". Billboard Magazine. Vol. 83, no. 20. May 15, 1971. p. 55.
  3. ^ McCann, Ian (June 3, 2023). "'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song': How Melvin Van Peebles Lit The Blaxploitation Fire". udiscovermusic.com. UDiscover Music.
  4. ^ Atkins, Jamie (July 18, 2017). "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song; Melvin Van Peebles". recordcollectormag.com. Record Collector.
  5. ^ Wyndham, Tom (June 1997). "Melvin Van Peebles: Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song". Uncut. No. 1. p. 117.
  6. ^ "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Soundtrack". billboard.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.