| Back to My Roots | ||||
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| Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Gospel | |||
| Length | 60:11 | |||
| Label | The Right Stuff, Capitol, EMI Records | |||
| Producer | Bobby Womack | |||
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Back to My Roots is the 21st studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on August 24, 1999, by The Right Stuff Records and Capitol Records. [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Opening Narration" | 1:17 | |
| 2. | "Rug" | 5:14 | |
| 3. | "Stand by Me" | Sam Cooke, J. W. Alexander, Junior Walker | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Oh Happy Day" | Johann Freylinghausen, Philip Doddridge, Edward F. Rimbault | 7:04 |
| 5. | "Jesus Be a Fence Around Me" | 3:16 | |
| 6. | "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" | Joseph M. Scriven, Charles C. Converse | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Where There's a Will There's a Way" | 3:33 | |
| 8. | "I'm Coming Home" | 3:24 | |
| 9. | "It Is Well" | 4:46 | |
| 10. | "Motherless Child" | Traditional | 5:19 |
| 11. | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | 4:17 |
| 12. | "Looking Back" | 3:26 | |
| 13. | "Ease My Troubled Mind" | 5:13 | |
| 14. | "Nearer My God to Thee" | 4:55 | |
| 15. | "Cousin Henry" | 5:44 | |
| 16. | "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" | Bobby Elgin, Luther Dixon, Eddie Snyder | 4:09 |
| 17. | "Amen/This Little Light of Mine/Closing Narration" | 3:39 |
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