Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

Be Altitude: Respect Yourself is a soul album by The Staple Singers released on February 14, 1972.

Reception
It includes the hit songs "I'll Take You There" and "Respect Yourself". The musicians are the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns, augmented by overdubbed guitar, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron and harmonica by Terry Manning.

"We the People" was frequently used as a campaign song for U.S. President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election in the United States.

Personnel
Partial credits from Richard Buskin and Terry Manning.


 * The Staple Singers
 * Mavis Staples - vocals
 * Pops Staples - vocals
 * Cleotha Staples - harmony and backing vocals
 * Yvonne Staples - harmony and backing vocals
 * Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
 * Jimmy Johnson - guitar
 * David Hood - bass
 * Barry Beckett - keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano
 * Roger Hawkins - drums
 * Additional musicians
 * Staple Sisters - harmony and backing vocals
 * Terry Manning - guitars, lead guitar, fuzz guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, vibraphones, marimbas, harmonica
 * Eddie Hinton - guitar on "I'll Take You There"
 * Raymond Banks - guitar on "I'll Take You There"
 * The Memphis Horns (including Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love - horns (saxophones, trumpets, baritone saxophone, trombone)
 * Ben Cauley - horns
 * Production and technical staff
 * Al Bell – arranger, producer
 * Johnny Allen - arranger
 * Terry Manning – engineer, additional production (uncredited), additional arrangements (uncredited)
 * Jerry Masters – engineer
 * Ralph Rhodes – engineer