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Bobby Womack has had his fingers in so many different pies that his career has probably suffered for it. Instead of being pinned down to one time and one sound (à la Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix), Womack's work includes everything from the grittiest of blaxploitation ("Across 110th Street") to the smoothest of vocal pop ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"). (And, by the way, he excelled at both.) He was also a rare triple threat -- hot guitarist, hitmaking songwriter, and torrid vocalist. But, more than for his musical skills, he's probably best known for marrying Sam Cooke's wife scant months after Cooke's death, and shepherding Sly Stone through the darkest days of There's a Riot Goin' On. The 2008 collection The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years presents Soul Maverick #1 in a tight set of 22 songs from the prime of his career, the late '60s and early '70s. All of his best singles are here, as are the best tracks from his best albums, Communication and Understanding. Finally, the new remastering here provides sound that is vastly better than Womack has ever been given in the digital era. Some fans may still prefer a double-disc set like Midnight Mover: The Bobby Womack Collection, but The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years is easily his best single-disc compilation.
© John Bush /TiVo
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BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - J.J. Johnson, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1972 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, Inc.
BOBBY WOMACK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Darryl Carter, ComposerLyricist - Linda Cooke Womack, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC.
Bobby Emmons, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Chips Moman, Producer - Tommy Cogbill, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Chrisman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Reggie Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wilson Pickett Jr., ComposerLyricist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Hood, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Armstrong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Grisby, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hicks, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1971 Capitol Records, LLC
Clayton Ivey, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Hood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Truman Thomas, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tippy Armstrong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Carr, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muscle Shoals Sound, Producer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
Clayton Ivey, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Zelda Samuels, Composer - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Producer, MainArtist - David Hood, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - James Alexander, Composer - Tippy Armstrong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Carr, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muscle Shoals Sound, Producer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1973 Capitol Records, LLC
Bobby Emmons, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Wood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chips Moman, Producer - Tommy Cogbill, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Chrisman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, MainArtist - Reggie Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
Bobby Emmons, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Douglass Cross, Author - Chips Moman, Producer - Gene Chrisman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, MainArtist - Reggie Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Cory, Composer - Mike Leech, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, MainArtist - David Hood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Keyboards, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Harvey Thompson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Armstrong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harrison Calloway Jr., Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Eads, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dale Quillen, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1971 Capitol Records Inc.
Clayton Ivey, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, MainArtist - David Hood, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Carr, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1973 Capitol Records, LLC
Bobby Emmons, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Bart Howard, ComposerLyricist - Chips Moman, Producer - Gene Chrisman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, MainArtist - Reggie Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Leech, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Producer, MainArtist - David Hood, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Armstrong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Holloway, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Janice Singleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Muscle Shoals Sound, Producer - Jimmy Ford, Composer - Pam Grier, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Hicks, Producer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, MainArtist - David Hood, Bass Guitar, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Armstrong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Holloway, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Singleton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Pam Grier, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Hicks, Producer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Darryl Carter, Composer - Ed Wright, Producer - Darryl Patterson, Composer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Clayton Ivey, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - David Hood, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Carr, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1973 Capitol Records, LLC
BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Withers, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Jean Womack, Composer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Michelle Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Emmons, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Chips Moman, Producer - Gene Chrisman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Phillips, ComposerLyricist - BOBBY WOMACK, MainArtist - Reggie Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Leech, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1968 Capitol Records, LLC
Bobby Emmons, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Wood, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chips Moman, Producer - Gene Chrisman, Drums, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, MainArtist - Reggie Young, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Leech, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Darryl Carter, Composer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1969 Capitol Records, LLC
Clayton Ivey, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - James Cox, Composer - Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BOBBY WOMACK, Producer, MainArtist - David Hood, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Rene Hall, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Carr, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1973 Capitol Records, LLC
BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, MainArtist - David Rubinson & Friends, Inc., Producer - HAROLD PAYNE, Composer - Joseph Palmaccio, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
BOBBY WOMACK, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Jimmy Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Hawkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BOBBY WOMACK, MainArtist - David Hood, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BARRY BECKETT, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES TAYLOR, ComposerLyricist - Rene Hall, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tippy Armstrong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 1971 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Bobby Womack has had his fingers in so many different pies that his career has probably suffered for it. Instead of being pinned down to one time and one sound (à la Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix), Womack's work includes everything from the grittiest of blaxploitation ("Across 110th Street") to the smoothest of vocal pop ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"). (And, by the way, he excelled at both.) He was also a rare triple threat -- hot guitarist, hitmaking songwriter, and torrid vocalist. But, more than for his musical skills, he's probably best known for marrying Sam Cooke's wife scant months after Cooke's death, and shepherding Sly Stone through the darkest days of There's a Riot Goin' On. The 2008 collection The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years presents Soul Maverick #1 in a tight set of 22 songs from the prime of his career, the late '60s and early '70s. All of his best singles are here, as are the best tracks from his best albums, Communication and Understanding. Finally, the new remastering here provides sound that is vastly better than Womack has ever been given in the digital era. Some fans may still prefer a double-disc set like Midnight Mover: The Bobby Womack Collection, but The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years is easily his best single-disc compilation.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:39
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Bobby Womack
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2008 Capitol Records, LLC This Compilation ℗ 2008 Capitol Records, LLC
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