Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

Al Bell produced the album and paired the family with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section: Jimmy Johnson on guitar, David Hood on bass, Barry Beckett on keyboards and Roger Hawkins on drums. Terry Manning engineered and added guitar, Mellotron, Moog and other parts at Ardent, and the Memphis Horns played on the record. Bell had recently returned from the Caribbean with reggae records, and the intro and bass line of "I'll Take You There" borrow from "The Liquidator" by the Harry J All Stars.

The album reached number 19 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on the R&B albums chart. Singles were "Respect Yourself" (number 12 pop, number 2 soul), "I'll Take You There" (number 1 on both) and "This World" (number 38 pop, number 6 soul). AllMusic rated it four stars out of five.