Facts of Life (album)

For the Black Box Recorder album, see The Facts of Life (album).

Facts of Life
Studio album by Bobby Womack
Released	June 8, 1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Soul, funk
Length	34:30
Label	United Artists
Producer	Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack chronology
Understanding (1972) Facts of Life (1973) Lookin' for a Love Again (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Facts of Life is the fifth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on June 8, 1973, by United Artists Records. The album raced to No. 6 on the US Billboard R&B chart. It also charted at No. 37 on the Billboard Pop chart. The album included the hit single "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" (which charted No. 2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart).Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"	James Cox	2:59
2.	"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You"	Womack	3:51
3.	"If You Can't Give Her Love (Give Her Up)"	Clayton Ivey, Phillip Mitchell	2:49
4.	"That's Heaven to Me"	Sam Cooke	2:53
5.	"Medley: Holdin' on to My Baby's Love / Nobody"	Womack, George Jackson, Raymond Moore	3:13
6.	"Medley: Fact of Life / He'll Be There When the Sun Goes Down"	Womack	6:21
7.	"Can't Stop a Man in Love"	George Soulé, Terry Woodford	2:24
8.	"The Look of Love"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:51
9.	"Natural Man"	Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler	2:48
10.	"All Along the Watchtower"	Bob Dylan	3:21

Personnel

• Bobby Womack - guitar, vocals, string and horn arrangements
• Pete Carr, Jimmy Johnson, Dave Turner - guitar
• David Hood, Jerry Masters - bass
• Barry Beckett, Clayton Ivey - keyboards
• Roger Hawkins - drums

Technical

• Jerry Masters, Kerry McNab, Christina Hersch, Steve Melton - engineer
• Mike Salisbury - art direction, design
• Philip Hays - cover illustration

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums [3]	37
Billboard Top Soul Albums [3]	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [4]
		US	US R&B
1973	"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"	29	2
	"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You"	—	80

References

1. Elias, Jason. Bobby Womack: Facts Of Life > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
2. 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.
3. "Bobby Womack US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
4. "Bobby Womack US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 13, 2011.