Universal Language is a 1977 album by the Southern soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. The album was recorded for Asylum Records, following the demise of Stax Records, of which the M.G.'s were an integral element, in 1975.

The album was dedicated to M.G.'s drummer Al Jackson, Jr. who was murdered in 1975; the remaining members recruited Willie Hall to replace him on this album. The group would not record another album for seventeen years, returning in 1994 with That's the Way It Should Be.

Universal Language (Booker T. & the M.G.'s album)

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 2 stars.

Universal Language (Booker T. & the M.G.'s album)

Track listing

All songs written by Cropper, Dunn, and Jones, except where noted

Side one

"Sticky Stuff" – 4:09

"Grab Bag" – 4:32

"Space Nuts" – 3:27

"Love Wheels" – 3:38

"Motocross" – 4:33

Side two

"Last Tango in Memphis" – 5:26

"MG's Salsa" – 5:27

"Tie Stick" (Cropper, Dunn, Jones, Johnny Stevenson) – 5:01

"Reincarnation" – 5:12

Personnel

Booker T. & the M.G.s

Booker T. Jones – keyboards

Steve Cropper – guitar

Donald Dunn – bass guitar

Willie Hall – drums

Technical

Austin Godsey, Toby Scott - engineers

Tony Lane - art direction

Jonathan Seay - cover

Notes

Booker T. & the M.G.'s albums

1977 albums

Asylum Records albums

Albums produced by Tom Dowd

Universal Language (Booker T. & the M.G.'s album)