Safety Zone (album)
| Safety Zone | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 27, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco) The Village Recorder (West Los Angeles) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 42:22 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson | |||
| Bobby Womack chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Safety Zone is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on October 27, 1975, by United Artists Records.[3][4] The album debuted at number 147 on the Billboard 200.
Although the track "Trust in Me" is a Womack composition, it was initially recorded by Janis Joplin for her 1971 album Pearl. Womack also played acoustic guitar on that recording.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Bobby Womack; except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" | 7:02 | |
| 2. | "I Wish It Would Rain" | Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Trust in Me" | 3:51 | |
| 4. | "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" | 6:25 | |
| 5. | "Love Ain't Something You Can Get for Free" | Melvin Ragin, Ray Parker Jr. | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Something You Got" | Chris Kenner | 5:30 |
| 7. | "Daylight" | Bobby Womack, Harold Payne | 3:31 |
| 8. | "I Feel a Groove Comin' On" | 8:33 |
Personnel
[edit]- Bobby Womack - guitar, vocals
- Scott Mathews - drums
- Wah Wah Watson - guitar, associate producer
- Louis Johnson, Willie Weeks - bass
- Sonny Burke - piano, synthesizer
- Herbie Hancock - piano on "I Feel a Groove Comin' On"
- James Gadson - drums
- Bill Summers - percussion
- Greg Wright, Ivory Stone, Julia Tillman Waters, Lorna Willard, Pointer Sisters, The Valentinos - backing vocals
References
[edit]- ^ Safety Zone at AllMusic
- ^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Womack, Bobby". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 751–2. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ^ Jason Elias. "Safety Zone - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Safety Zone by Bobby Womack". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
