This Is My Country is an album by the soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 group The Impressions

The Impressions (American band)

The Impressions are an American music group from Chicago, originally formed in 1958. Their repertoire includes doo-wop, gospel, soul, and R&B....

. The album was their first album released on Impressions member Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...

's label Curtom Records

Curtom Records

Curtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963. The labels name was a combination of Mayfields first name and Thomas' surname...

 originally in 1968.

Despite the Impressions late sixties work being known for their social or inspirational viewpoint such as the title track "This Is My Country" and "They Don't Know" the rest of the songs feature Mayfield's soul based love songs. This was their first album which had the Impressions harmonizing less than previous releases, and letting Mayfield take the main vocal point.

Track listing

1. "They Don't Know" (Curtis Mayfield
   Curtis Mayfield
   Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
   
   )– 2:47
2. "Stay Close to Me" (Mayfield) – 2:03
3. "I'm Loving Nothing" (Mayfield) – 2:31
4. "Love's Happening" (Mayfield) – 3:07
5. "Gone Away" (Donny Hathaway
   Donny Hathaway
   Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations...
   
   , Mayfield) – 3:41
6. "You Want Somebody Else" (Griffen, Hathaway) – 3:12
7. "So Unusual" (Mayfield) – 2:56
8. "My Woman Love" (Mayfield) – 3:02
9. "Fool for You" (Mayfield) – 2:52
10. "This is My Country" (Mayfield) – 2:48

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1969	Black Albums	#5
1969	Pop Albums	#107

External links

• [ This Is My Country] at Allmusic