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  Type Album
  Artist Solomon Burke
  Cover DontGiveUpOnMejpg
  Background orange
  Released July 23 , 2002
  Recorded Feb 25, 2002-Feb 28, 2002
  Genre R&B
  Length 51:35
  Label Fat Possum
  Producer Joe Henry
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  Last Album ''''' Soulman ''''' <br /> (2002)
  This Album ''Don't Give Up on Me'' <br /> (2002)
  Next Album ''''' The Incredible Solomon Burke At His Best ''''' <br /> (2002)


''Don't Give Up On Me'' is an album featuring Solomon Burke , released in 2002 on Fat Possum Records . The album is noteworthy for the contributions of original and heretofore unreleased compositions by top-rank songwriters, the effect of which placed Burke back in the public eye for a time.

The backing musicians consist of Chris Bruce on guitar, David Palmer on piano and keyboards, David Piltch on bass, Jay Bellerose on drums and percussion, Bennie Wallace on tenor sax, Niki Harris and Jean McClain on backing vocals, and a musician from Burke's church, Rudy Copeland , on organ. Daniel Lanois plays guitar on the Dylan track, and The Blind Boys Of Alabama feature on vocals for "None of Us Are Free."


TRACK LISTING


# "Don't Give Up On Me" ( Dan Penn )
# "Fast Train" ( Van Morrison )
# "Diamond In Your Mind" ( Tom Waits )
# "Flesh And Blood" ( Joe Henry )
# "Soul Searchin'" ( Brian Wilson / Andy Paley )
# "Only A Dream" (Van Morrison)
# "The Judgment" ( Elvis Costello / Cait O'Riordan )
# "Stepchild" ( Bob Dylan )
# "The Other Side Of The Coin" ( Nick Lowe )
# "None Of Us Are Free" ( Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil / Brenda Russell )
# "Sit This One Out" ( Pick Purnell )