king queen king queen studio album american recording artists thomas fourth album sixth final studio album death december influenced album features covers soul classics eleventh finishing song written album includes crossover hits knock wood following death single released original album liner notes written tennessee senator released march background recording producer idea produce duet album thought help musical careers progress thomas work reason combine artists hopes achieving success similar singer successful business singles appear hot charts recently song agreed record thomas simply stating hey memphis tennessee hang time album recorded january thomas studying english recorded days source states days album features songs covers soul classics eleventh song wrote features house band pianist brass section songs cut session rest overdubbed following days owing concert obligations release singles released album cut song released single april peaked number chart number billboard hot knock wood peaked september number chart number thirty hot charts released late charted number list number hot album released march retrospective reviews retrospective reviews gained positive comments allmusic gives album stars states thomas enjoy chemistry play wonderfully album follows recorded lighter purely entertaining record robert_christgau gives says album pretty praises exciting music writes sounds funnier soul music track listing personnel source allmusic charts
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