Communication (Bobby Womack Album)
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''Communication'' is the third
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by American musician
Bobby Womack Robert Dwayne Womack ( ; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's ...
. The album was released on September 15, 1971, by
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. It reached No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and No. 20 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Chart in 1972. It included the hit single, " That's The Way I Feel About Cha", which charted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' R&B Singles chart and No. 27 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart. The album became Womack's breakthrough spawning the hit single " That's The Way I Feel About Cha" and a favorite Womack album track, "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back", which Womack recorded three times after the original, the first remake, a slower acoustic version, was issued on the soundtrack of the film, ''
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'', and an
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by J. J. Johnson's band. The fourth time Womack recorded it was with
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singer and musician
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. Womack recorded his own versions of James Taylor's " Fire and Rain", Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" and featured a
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monologue in his cover of the
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and
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standard, "(They Long To Be) Close to You". Actress
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and veteran singers Janice Singleton and
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sung background on the songs "Come l'Amore", "Give It Back" and "Yield Not to Temptation", a song Womack and his brothers, The Womack Brothers (later The Valentinos), recorded over a decade before with Bobby's older brother Curtis singing lead. Ironically, Bobby's brothers sing background with him on the remaining tracks. The album's instrumental background was provided by the legendary Muscle Shoals team. The track "Come l'Amore" was "covered" by
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in his
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duet single, "What My Baby Needs Now (Is a Little More Loving)" though the lyrics are different and in different keys.


Track listing


Personnel

*Bobby Womack – vocals, guitar, organ, string and horn arrangements *
Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in the ...
– piano,
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,
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, electric piano,
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* Jimmy Johnson, Tippy Armstrong – guitar * Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion *
David Hood David Hood (born September 21, 1943) is an American musician, hailing from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, He is known for playing the bass guitar and trombone, and is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Early life and education Hood was b ...
– bass *Truman Thomas, Clayton Ivey – keyboards * Harrison Calloway – trumpet *Dale Quillen – trombone *Ronnie Eades – baritone saxophone *Harvey Thompson – tenor saxophone *Friendly Womack, Jr., Curtis Womack, Harry Womack, Cecil Womack,
Patrice Holloway Patrice Yvonne Holloway (March 23, 1951 – October 3, 2006) was an American soul and bubblegum pop singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the musical trios Josie and the Pussycats, The Ikettes, and The Blackberries. Career Patrice Yv ...
,
Pam Grier Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitati ...
, Janice Singleton – backing vocals * René Hall − string arrangements ;Technical *John Van Hamersveld − art direction *
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− photography


Charts


Singles


References

{{Authority control 1971 albums Bobby Womack albums United Artists Records albums Albums arranged by René Hall Albums produced by Bobby Womack