Non-Stop (1968)

About this title: The Box Tops -- or more precisely Alex Chilton and producer Dan Penn -- were treading water on the third album to be churned out under the group's name in less than a year. The usual blue-eyed soul dominates the program, without anything on the order of "Cry Like a Baby" or "The Letter," although with "I Met Her in Church," Penn and songwriting partner Spooner Oldham were probably trying for something on that level. Sometimes the moods are a bit on the bluesy side ("Choo Choo Train," "Rock Me Baby"), at others on a gentler and poppier one ("Rollin' in My Sleep"). For the first time Chilton ... read more

Tracks:

1. Choo Choo Train [Fritts/Hinton]
2. I'm Movin' On [Snow]
3. Sandman [Thompson]
4. She Shot a Hole in My Soul [Gayden/Neese]
5. People Gonna Talk [Penn/Oldham]
6. I Met Her in Church [Penn/Oldham]
7. Rock Me Baby [King/Josea]
8. Rollin' in My Sleep [Davis]
9. I Can Dig It [Chilton]
10. Yesterday Where's My Mind [Reed]
11. If I Had Let You In [Hinton/Fritts]
12. Let Me Go [Newman]
13. Choo Choo Train [Mono Single Version] [Fritts/Hinton]
14. I Met Her in Church [Mono Single Version] [Penn/Oldham]
15. Got to Hold on to You [Emmons]
16. Since I Been Gone [Chilton]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.