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Bobby Womack - Understanding flac album
  • Performer Bobby Womack
  • Title Understanding
  • Date of release 1972
  • Country US
  • Style Rhythm & Blues, Soul
  • Other formats MPC MPC AA ASF MIDI AUD MMF
  • Genre Soul & Funk
  • Size MP3 1466 mb
  • Size FLAC 1693 mb
  • Rating: 4.7
  • Votes: 655

Understanding is the fourth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on March 30, 1972, by United Artists Records. Womack recorded Understanding in Memphis, Tennessee at American Sound Studio and in Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. At Muscle Shoals, he utilized top session players, including drummer Roger Hawkins, guitarists Jimmy Johnson and Tippy Armstrong, bassist David Hood and keyboardist Barry Beckett.

This album has that timeliness appeal. It features the chart-buster in the mid-tempo number "Woman's Gotta Have I. It was a number one single on the Billboard R&B charts. In addition to the aforementioned song, Womack also features a host of other granite numbers like "Ruby Dean" and "I Can Understand I. The latter, penned by Womack, was also covered by New Birth. Both versions are excellent

Understanding Bobby Womack. This album was recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Al. with Womack using the venerable session musicians in both locales. A former sideman himself at both studios, Womack had an innate bond with the players.

Written By – Bobby Womack/Joe HicksWritten-By – Bobby Womack, Joe Hicks. Written By – Bobby Womack/Joe HicksWritten-By – Bobby Womack, Joe Hicks. Understanding ‎(LP, Album). United Artists Records.

Understanding (Bobby Womack album), Understanding is the fourth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack The album was released on March 30, 1972, by United Artists Records W. The first single released from Understanding was "Woman's Gotta Have It", a warning to a man who was taking his wife for granted, which Womack co-wrote with Darryl Carter and Linda Cooke Womack Sam Cooke’s daughter Recorded at American Sound, personnel on the track included Mike Leech on bass, Reggie Young on guitar, Hayward Bishop on drums and percussion, Bobby.

The discography of recording artist Bobby Womack consists of 28 studio albums, 3 live albums, 9 compilation albums, and 47 singles. Other appearances (non-comprehensive). 1975: Greatest Hits (United Artists) – US No. 142, R&B No. 30. 1975: I Can Understand It (United Artists) – same tracks as on Greatest Hits. 1986: Check it Out (Stateside) – UK SSL 6013.

Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack (/ˈwoʊmæk/; March 4, 1944 − June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s, when he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 50 years and spanned a repertoire in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country.

Released March 30, 1972. Understanding Tracklist. 3. And I Love Her Lyrics. 4. Got to Get You Back Lyrics.

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 I Can Understand It
Written-By – Bobby Womack
6:30
A2 Woman's Gotta Have It
Written By – Bobby Womack/Linda Womack/Darryl CarterWritten-By – Bobby Womack, Darryl Carter, Linda Womack
3:30
A3 And I Love Her
Written-By – John Lennon/Paul McCartney*
2:40
A4 Got To Get You Back
Written-By – Jimmy Lewis
2:47
B1 Simple Man
Written By – Bobby Womack/Joe HicksWritten-By – Bobby Womack, Joe Hicks
5:50
B2 Ruby Dean
Written By – Bobby Womack/Joe HicksWritten-By – Bobby Womack, Joe Hicks
3:22
B3 Thing Called Love
Written By – E. Wright/Joe HicksWritten-By – E. Wright*, Joe Hicks
3:55
B4 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
Written-By – Neil Diamond
3:07
B5 Harry Hippie
Written-By – Jim Ford
3:50

Credits

  • Arranged By – Mike Leech (tracks: A2, A3, B4), René Hall* (tracks: A1, B5)
  • Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Eads* (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Bass – David Hood (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5), Mike Leech (tracks: A2, A3, B4)
  • Drums, Percussion – Hayward Bishop (tracks: A2, A3, B4), Roger Hawkins (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic] – Bobby Wood (tracks: A2, A3, B4)
  • Guitar – Jimmy Johnson (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5), Redgie Young* (tracks: A2, A3, B4)
  • Lead Guitar – Tippy Armstrong (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Organ – Bobby Emmons (tracks: A2, A3, B4)
  • Producer – Joe Hicks (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5), Muscle Shoals Sound* (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Producer, Arranged By – Bobby Womack
  • Synthesizer [Moog], Electric Piano, Piano, Harpsichord, Clavichord – Barry Beckett (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Tenor Saxophone – Harvey Thompson (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Trombone – Dale Quillen (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Trumpet – Harrison Calloway, Jr.* (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)
  • Vocals – Janice Singleton (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5), Pam Grier (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5), Patrice Holloway (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3, B5)

Notes

A Product of Liberty / UA Records Ltd. 37/41 Mortimer Street LONDON

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: UAS - 5577 - A
  • Matrix / Runout: UAS - 5577 - B

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
UAS 5577 Bobby Womack Understanding ‎(LP, Album) United Artists Records UAS 5577 US 1972
UAS 29 365 I Bobby Womack Understanding ‎(LP, Album) United Artists Records UAS 29 365 I Germany 1972
UAS 29365 Bobby Womack Understanding ‎(LP) United Artists Records UAS 29365 UK 1972
K-0381 Bobby Womack Understanding ‎(Cass) United Artists Records K-0381 US Unknown
T2-29144 Bobby Womack Understanding ‎(CD, Album) The Right stuff T2-29144 US 1994