I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To

I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
Studio album by Bobby Womack
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
Lookin' for a Love Again (1974) I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975) Safety Zone (1975)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
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.

In 1978 British rock singer Rod Stewart lifted the melody from "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It" for his hit song "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Personnel

• Bobby Womack - guitar, bass, vocals
• Glen Goins, Charles Fullilove, Ken Khristian, Larry Otis - guitar
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel
• Tommy Cogbill, Paul Stallworth, Chuck Rainey - bass
• Truman Thomas, Roger Dollarhide, David Foster, Bobby Wood, William Smith, Leon Ware - keyboards
• Robert Robertie, Ron Selico, Jim Keltner, Bill Braun, Bill Lordan, Larry Zack, Soko Richardson - drums
• Joe Lala - congas
• Jonathan Blair - electric violin
• Cosme DeAguero - vibraphone
• Catherine Gotthoffer - harp
• René Hall - strings
• Bill Withers - vocals on "It's All Over Now"
• Cindy "Sundray" Scott - answer vocals on "What's Your World"
• Linda Lawrence - answer vocals on "Interlude #2"

Technical

• Truman Thomas - associate producer
• Roger Dollarhide - engineer
• Bob Cato, Lloyd Ziff - art direction
• Ria Lewerke - design
• Doug Metzler - photography

References

1. I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To at AllMusic
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. "I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
4. "iTunes - Music - I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To by Bobby Womack". iTunes. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.