Compare It's Man's Man's Man's World [Limited Edition]

In the early '60s, tended to release two vocal albums a year, one in the summer and one in the winter. Each album was keyed to 's latest hit single, with the remainder of the record made up of previous recordings; did not record LPs as such. As late as mid-1966, this was still the case, and this album differed only in that it featured not only the title track, an number one/ Top Ten hit, and its B-side, but also an earlier 1966 single, along with eight oldies, such as and (two 1961 singles). As such, there was slightly more contemporary material here than usual, but at the same time, 's evolution into his period was beginning to make the juxtapositions of new and old material more jarring. [A limited-edition remaster was released in 2014.] ~ William Ruhlmann