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Save the Children (Bobby Womack album)

Save the Children is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack.[1] The album was released in 1989, by SOLAR Records.[2] Womack stated that it was influenced by Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.[3]

Save the Children
Studio album by
Bobby Womack
Released1989
Recorded1989
GenreSoul
Length48:23
LabelSOLAR
ProducerBobby Womack, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton, Keg Johnson
Bobby Womack chronology
The Last Soul Man
(1987) 		Save the Children
(1989) 		Resurrection
(1994)

Critical reception edit

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the album "doesn't play as effectively to Womack's strengths, and frequently eschews the singer's gospel roots for the soul-pop sound of Stevie Wonder's '70s albums."[4]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Save the Children"Bobby Womack, Harold Payne6:32
2."Priorities"Garland Thornton, Wilmer Raglin5:24
3."Too Close for Comfort"Bobby Womack, Harold Payne4:50
4."Baby I'm Back"Juan Lively4:35
5."She's My Girl"Cecil Womack, Kevin Womack3:57
6."Free Love"Keg Johnson, Sigidi Abdullah6:02
7."How Can It Be"Bobby Womack, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton, Harold Payne4:37
8."Tough Job"Bobby Womack, Jon Benson4:14
9."Now We're Together"Juan Lively, Khalid Thomas3:46
10."Better Love (Everybody's Looking for a Better Love)"Wilmer Raglin4:39

Personnel edit

  • Bobby Womack - vocals, guitar
  • Curtis Womack, Friendly Womack, Jr. - vocals on "Baby I'm Back"
  • Carlos Santana - guitar on "Too Close for Comfort" and "Tough Job"
  • Blake Smith - guitar
  • Ray Gilliard - bass guitar
  • Alicia McCracken, Frank Hamilton, Patrick Moten - keyboards
  • Ananias Chambers, Gus Anthony Flores - percussion
  • Bernard Baisden, Gerald Albright, Joe Campbell, Lesli Carroll, Nolan Smith, Rastine Calhoun - horns
  • Alice Echols, Brandy Diana Moss, Brenda Lee Eager, Hillard Wilson, Lana Clarkson, Michelle Layborn, Pamela Starks, Patricia Henley - backing vocals
  • Brad Cole, Cecil Womack, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton, William Zimmerman - programming
  • Ron Wood - cover painting

References edit

  1. ^ Maurstad, Tom (December 6, 1989). "Arts Day". The Dallas Morning News. p. 5C.
  2. ^ Ed Hogan. "Save the Children - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Rick (August 14, 1992). "A Musician's Message". Houston. Houston Chronicle. p. 3.
  4. ^ Milward, John (25 Jan 1990). "Bobby Womack's Journey from Gospel to Soul to 'Save the Children'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. F1.
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