Communication (CD)

One of the principal architects of 1960s R&B and soul, Bobby Womack combined songwriting genius--his material has been covered by countless artists in a myriad of genres--with a sinuous blues-derived guitar style that was equally influential. He played guitar on Sly Stone's THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON, sang with the Stones, toured with Sam Cooke, wrote for Wilson Pickett, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

• Category:  Music  »  R&B  »  Pop R&B
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: May 17, 1994
• Label: The Right Stuff
• UPC: 724382914129
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105784722
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #89132 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #4452 in R&B (See Top 100 R&B Bestsellers)
• #547 in Pop R&B (See Top 100 Pop R&B Bestsellers)

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Personnel: Bobby Womack (vocals, horns, organ); Pam Grier, Patrice Holloway, Janice Singleton (vocals); Tippy Armstrong, Jimmy Johnson (guitar); Harvey Thompson (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Eads (baritone saxophone); Harrison Calloway, Jr. (trumpet); Dale Quillen (trombone); Barry Beckett (acoustic & electric pianos, harpsichord, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer); David Hood (bass); Roger Hawkins (drums, percussion).

One of Bobby Womack's best albums, COMMUNICATION is also one of the most stylistically varied. Several of the songs feature his trademark monologues, usually about love, although the one that precedes his version of the Carpenters' "Close to You" is a diatribe against the music business ("Anything I can get into is commercial enough," he declares).

"Communication" is a spare, sinuous funk workout which demonstrates that Womack had been playing close attention to James Brown's recent work, and "That's the Way I Feel About Cha," is a blues with strings (and was deservedly a hit). There are also a couple of unlikely covers--an almost sing-along version of Ray Stevens' syrupy ode to tolerance "Everything is Beautiful," and a melodramatic take on James Taylor's "Fire and Rain."

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