1. I Put a Spell on You           play
2. Little Demon 
3. Alligator Wine 
4. Frenzy 
5. I Love Paris 
6. Hong Kong 
7. Person to Person 
8. There's Something Wrong With You 
9. Orange Coloured Sky 
10. Temptation 
11. Yellow Coat 
12. If You Are But a Dream 
13. You Made Me Love You          play
14. Deep Purple

This LP compilation is a collection of Screamin' Jay's singles he did for Okeh Records. A few of the tracks are semi-serious, such as "You Made Me Love You", "If You Are But A Dream" or the classic "Deep Purple" but they're all done as only Screamin' Jay Hawkins could do them. "I Love Paris" is particularly un-politically correct and totally hilarious. Screamin' Jay pulled out all the stops when he delivered a vocal and this collection showcases some of his early works beautifully.

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01.Little Demon: Hawkins, Nahan 2:26
02.I Put a Spell on You: Hawkins 2:27
03.Baptize Me in Wine: Hawkins 2:35
04.Not Anymore: Hawkins 3:03
05.I Hear Voices: Hawkins 2:55
06.Just Don't Care: Hawkins 2:26
07.Ashes: Phillips 2:31
08.There's Something Wrong With You: Hawkins, Nahan 2:28
09.Strange: Hawkins 2:07
10.The Whammy: Hawkins 2:34
11.All Night: Hawkins 2:09
12.Poor Folks: Hawkins 3:03
13.Your Kind of Love: Hawkins 2:21
14.Mountain Jive: Hawkins 2:16
15.Voodoo: Bellack, Levine 2:43
16.You Put the Spell on Me: Hawkins 4:00
17.Portrait of a Man: Carr, Hawkins 4:16
18.Ol' Man River: Hammerstein, Kern 6:11
19.Heart Attack and Vine: Waits 4:25
20.I Don't Know: Mabon 3:11
21.Don't Deceive Me: Willis 3:44
22.Whistling Past the Graveyard: Waits 3
23.Armpit No: Hawkins 3:43
24.I Put a Spell on You: Hawkins 3:07
25.Scream the Blues: Duffey, Jung 3:30

Portrait of a Man is a collection of rarities and obscurities from a man whose very career was filled with arcania. Of course, it contains the original version of "I Put a Spell on You," but what Screamin' Jay Hawkins collection doesn't? The main point of the disc is rarities that aren't anywhere else, whether it's a remake of "I Put a Spell on You" or his freak English hit "Heart Attack and Vine." There are more interesting things here than the average Screamin' album, which is both good ("Mountain Jive" ) and bad ("Armpit No. 6"). Either way, it's one of the handful of Hawkins compilations that aren't strict hits collections but are worth hearing. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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