That's the Way It Should Be

That's the Way It Should Be
Studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Released	May 24th 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Southern soul, instrumental rock
Length	37:10
Label	Columbia, Acadia
Producer	Booker 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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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).

Track listing

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

Booker T. & the M.G.s

• Booker T. Jones – keyboards
• Steve Cropper – guitar
• Donald Dunn – bass guitar
• Steve Jordan – drums on tracks 1–3, 5–7 and 9–11

with:

• James Gadson – drums on tracks 4, 8 and 12