Bobby Womack discography

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Bobby Womack discography
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Studio albums28
Live albums3
Compilation albums9
Singles47

The discography of American recording artist Bobby Womack consists of 28 studio albums, 3 live albums, 9 compilation albums, and 47 singles.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
US
[1]
US
R&B

[1]
UK
[2]
Fly Me to the Moon
  • Released: January 1969
  • Label: Minit
17434
My Prescription
  • Released: February 1970
  • Label: Minit
44
Communication 837
Understanding
  • Released: May 30, 1972
  • Label: United Artists
437
Facts of Life
  • Released: June 8, 1973
  • Label: United Artists
376
Lookin' for a Love Again
  • Released: January 11, 1974
  • Label: United Artists
855
I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
  • Released: March 28, 1975
  • Label: United Artists
12620
Safety Zone
  • Released: October 27, 1975
  • Label: United Artists
14740
BW Goes C&W
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: United Artists
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Pieces
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Columbia
Roads of Life 55
The Poet
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Beverly Glen
291
The Poet II
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Beverly Glen
60531
So Many Rivers
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: MCA
66528
Someday We'll All Be Free
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Beverly Glen
59
Womagic
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: MCA
68
The Last Soul Man
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: MCA
Save the Children
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: SOLAR
Resurrection
  • Released: August 16, 1994
  • Label: Continuum
9187
Back to My Roots
  • Released: August 24, 1999
  • Label: Capitol
Traditions
  • Released: November 4, 1999
  • Label: Capitol
Christmas Album
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Indigo
The Bravest Man in the Universe
  • Released: June 12, 2012
  • Label: XL
1812149
The Best Is Yet to Come
  • Released: TBA
  • Label: XL
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
US
[1]
US
R&B

[1]
Your Navy Presents Bobby Womack
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: United States Navy Recruitment
The Womack "Live"18813
Soul Sensation Live
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist

YearTitles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Peak chart positionsCertificationTitle
US
[1]
[1]
UK
[2]
1965"Nothing You Can Do"
b/w "Get It While You Can"
Non-album tracks
"I Found a True Love"
b/w "A Lonesome Man"
1966"What Is This"
b/w "I Wonder"
1967"Find Me Somebody"
b/w "How Does It Feel"
"Baby, I Can't Stand It"
b/w "Trust Me"
"Broadway Walk"
b/w "Somebody Special" (from Fly Me to the Moon)
1968"What Is This"
b/w "What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)" (Non-album track)
33Fly Me to the Moon
"Fly Me to the Moon"
b/w "Take Me"
5216
"California Dreamin'"
b/w "Baby, You Oughta Think It Over"
4320
1969"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
?b/w "Love, the Time Is Now" (from Fly Me to the Moon)
48My Prescription
"It's Gonna Rain"
b/w "Thank You"
43
"How I Miss You Baby"
b/w "Tried and Convicted"
9314
1970"More Than I Can Stand"
b/w "Arkansas State Prison"
9023
"I'm Gonna Forget About You"
b/w "Don't Look Back"
30
"Everybody's Talkin'"
b/w "Something"
The Womack "Live"
1971"Breezin'"
b/w "Azure Blue"
Both sides with Gábor Szabó
43 High Contrast
(Gábor Szabó's album)
"The Preacher"—Part 2 / "More Than I Can Stand"
b/w Part 1
30The Womack "Live"
"Communication"
b/w "Fire and Rain"
40Communication
1972"That's the Way I Feel About Cha"
b/w "Come L'Amore"
272
"Woman's Gotta Have It"
b/w "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back" (from Communication)
601Understanding
"Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" /5116
1973"Harry Hippie"318
"Across 110th Street"
b/w "Hang On in There"
5619Across 110th Street
"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"292Facts of Life
"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You"80
1974"Lookin' for a Love" (solo re-recording)
b/w "Let It Hang Out"
101Lookin' for a Love Again
"You're Welcome, Stop On By"
b/w "I Don't Want to Be Hurt by Ya Love Again"
595
"I Don't Know"
b/w "Yes Jesus Loves Me"
I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
1975"Check It Out"
b/w "Interlude #2"
916
"It's All Over Now"
b/w "Git It"
68
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way"
b/w "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
13Safety Zone
1976"Daylight"
b/w "Trust Me"
5
1977"Home Is Where the Heart Is"
b/w "We've Only Just Begun"
43Home Is Where the Heart Is
"Standing in the Safety Zone"
b/w "A Change Is Gonna Come"
1978"Wind It Up"
b/w "Stop Before We Start"
Pieces
"Trust Your Heart"
b/w "When Love Begins Friendship Ends"
47
1979"How Could You Break My Heart"
b/w "I Honestly Love You"
40Roads of Life
1981"Secrets" /55The Poet
1982"If You Think You're Lonely Now"3
"Where Do We Go from Here"
b/w "Just My Imagination"
26
1984"It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" (with Patti LaBelle)
b/w "Who's Foolin' Who"
76The Poet II
"Love Has Finally Come at Last" (with Patti LaBelle)
b/w "American Dream"
883
"Tell Me Why"
b/w "Through the Eyes of a Child" (with Patti LaBelle)
5460
1985"Someday We'll All Be Free"
b/w "I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To"
74Someday We'll All Be Free
"I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much"
b/w "Got to Be with You Tonight"
264So Many Rivers
"Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts"
b/w "Check It Out"
50
"I'm So Proud" (with Cecil Womack)
b/w "Searching for My Love"
Someday We'll All Be Free
1986"Gypsy Woman"
b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?"
So Many Rivers
"(I Wanna) Make Love to You"
b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?" (from So Many Rivers)
57100Womagic
1987"How Could You Break My Heart"
b/w "Give It Up"
UK-only release
86Roads of Life
"So the Story Goes"
b/w "The Liam McCoy"
Both sides with Living in a Box
8134Non-album tracks
"Living in a Box"
b/w "I Can't Stay Mad" (from Womagic)
70The Last Soul Man
1988"Outside Myself"
b/w "A Woman Likes to Hear That"
1989"Priorities"
b/w Instrumental version of B-side
Save the Children
"Save the Children"
b/w Instrumental version of A-side
83
1991"I Wish I'd Never Met You" (with Mica Paris)
Featured on "If I Love U 2 Nite" CD single by Mica Paris
Non-album tracks
1993"I'm Back for More" (with Lulu)
CD single with four different mixes
27
1995"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (with Jeanie Tracy)
CD single with seven different mixes
73
2004"California Dreamin'" (re-release)
2. "Lookin' for a Love"
3. "Holding On to My Baby's Love" (Non-album track)
CD single
59The Preacher
2012"Please Forgive My Heart"
CD single with two different mixes
The Bravest Man in the Universe
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

[6]

YearTitlePeak chart positions
US
Pop
US
R&B
AUS
[7]
AUT
[8]
BEL
[9]
GER
[10]
IRL
[11]
NLD
[12]
NZ
[13]
SWI
[14]
US
[15]
1962"Lookin' for a Love"
(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack)
728
1964"It's All Over Now"
(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack)
9421
1985"(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Looking Up to You"
(Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack and Altrinna Grayson)
1022
2010"Stylo"
(Gorillaz featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack)
484025635656103
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other appearances (non-comprehensive)

YearSongOther artistsAlbum
2001"Get a Life" Rae & Christian Sleepwalking
"Wake Up Everybody"
2010"Cloud of Unknowing"Gorillaz & Sinfonia ViVA Plastic Beach
2011"Bobby in Phoenix"Gorillaz The Fall
2015"New Day Coming" Rudimental We the Generation

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