I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To | ||||
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Released | March 28, 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Studio | Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 40:54 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Bobby Womack | |||
Bobby Womack chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on March 28, 1975, by United Artists Records. [3] [4] The album debuted at number 126 on the Billboard 200.
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Medley: Interlude #1 / I Don't Know" | Bobby Womack, Truman Thomas | 3:14 |
2. | "Superstar" | Cecil Womack, Mary Womack | 3:36 |
3. | "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It" | Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack | 3:43 |
4. | "Git It" | Bobby Womack, Leon Ware | 4:23 |
5. | "What's Your World" | Leon Ware | 5:14 |
6. | "Check It Out" | Bobby Womack | 3:50 |
7. | "Interlude #2" | Bobby Womack | 3:51 |
8. | "Jealous Love" | Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack | 5:48 |
9. | "It's All Over Now" (featuring Bill Withers) | Bobby Womack | 2:55 |
10. | "Yes, Jesus Loves Me" | Traditional; arranged by Bobby Womack and Roger Dollarhide | 4:23 |
Robert Dwayne Womack was an American singer, musician and songwriter. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, jazz, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel.
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