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Soul Is... Pretty Purdie is an album led by R&B drummer Bernard Purdie which was recorded for the Flying Dutchman label in 1972.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars.^[3]

"What's Going On/Ain't No Sunshine" (Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye/Bill Withers) – 3:58
"Don't Go" (Bernard "Pretty" Purdie) – 3:15
"Good Livin' (Good Lovin')" (Horace Ott) – 3:35
"Day Dreaming" (Aretha Franklin) – 5:05
"Song for Aretha" (Ott, Purdie, Bob Thiele) – 7:30
"Put It Where You Want It" (Joe Sample) – 5:15
"Heavy Soul Slinger" (Ott) – 4:16

Bernard Purdie – drums, vocals
Danny Moore, Ernie Royal – trumpet (tracks 2 & 5)
Garnett Brown – trombone (tracks 2 & 5)
Jimmy Powell – alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
Charlie Brown (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Harold Vick (tracks 2 & 5), Seldon Powell (tracks 2 & 5) – tenor saxophone
Arthur Clarke – baritone saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
Cornell Dupree (tracks 2 & 5), Jay Berliner (tracks 2 & 5), Billy Nichols (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7), Lloyd Davis (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7) – guitar
Horace Ott – electric piano, piano, arranger, conductor
Paul Griffin (tracks 1, 4 & 6), Richard Tee (Tracks 2 & 5) – organ
Jerry Jemmott (tracks 2 & 5), Paul Martinez – electric bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7)
Norman Pride – congas, bongos
Gayle Dixon, Julien Barber, Noel DaCosta, Sanford Allen – violin (tracks 2 & 5)
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke – viola (tracks 2 & 5)
Kermit Moore, Ronald Lipscomb – cello (tracks 2 & 5)
Ralph MacDonald – bongos (track 2 & 5)
Gordon Powell – percussion (tracks 2 & 5)
Barbara Massey, Carl Hall, Eileen Gilbert, Hilda Harris, Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals (track 5)

"Good Livin' (Good Lovin')" has been sampled in "3 Kilos" by The Prodigy, from their album Music for the Jilted Generation (1994).^[4]
"Song for Aretha" has been sampled by Beck in the song "Hotwax" from his 1996 album Odelay'.^[5]
"Heavy Soul Slinger" has been sampled in "Poison" by The Prodigy, from their album Music for the Jilted Generation (1994),^[6] and by Massive Attack in the song Mezzanine from the eponymous 1998 album.^[7]