Millie Jackson’s second album 'It Hurts So
Good' is a stone cold classic and climbed into
the US Top 30 when released in 1973. Not only
does the album contain the evergreen ‘I Cry’ but
other smoking tracks like ‘Good To The Very Last
Drop’ and ‘Now That You Got It.’
Recorded at her first session at Muscle Shoals,
the title track and ‘Love Doctor’ not only
appeared on this LP, but on the big screen in the
film Cleopatra Jones starring Tamara Dobson.
Issued as a single, ‘It Hurts So Good’ became
Jackson’s biggest US chart hit peaking at #24.
‘Help Yourself’ and The Ashford and Simpson-
penned ‘Don’t Send Nobody Else’ were also
recorded at Muscle Shoals. The balance of the
album was recorded in New York sessions with
tracks like the finger-popping ‘Close My Eyes’
equal to anything Holland-Dozier-Holland were
putting out at that time.
