AWB | ||||
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Released | August 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1973-1974 | |||
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Genre | Funk, soul | |||
Length | 40:24 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A− [2] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ( ) [3] |
AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974.
AWB topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single "Pick Up the Pieces" knocked Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. In Canada, the album was #2 for 3 weeks to Elton John's Greatest Hits.
A 2004 expanded re-issue from Sony/Columbia in the UK includes a bonus CD with several demo session recordings made before the group joined Atlantic Records – taken from the so-called "Clover Sessions," recorded at Clover Studios, Los Angeles, CA, in 1973. [4] This album was eventually released as How Sweet Can You Get?
All songs arranged by Average White Band. All horn parts arranged by Roger Ball.
Original release
(Live at Montreux bonus track)
"AWB would like to express their deep appreciation to Jerry Wexler, Alan Pariser and Bruce McCaskill."
Billboard Music Charts (United States)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1975 | RPM Canada 100 [8] | 2 |
1975 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1974 | "Pick Up The Pieces" | Disco Singles | 10 |
1974 | "Work To Do" | 10 | |
1975 | "Pick Up The Pieces" | Pop Singles | 1 |
1975 | "Pick Up The Pieces" | Black Singles | 5 |
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