Naked & Warm

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Naked & Warm
Bill Withers - Naked & Warm.jpg
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1976
Studio The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
Genre Soul
Length41:03
Label Columbia
Producer Bill Withers
Bill Withers chronology
Making Music
(1975)
Naked & Warm
(1976)
Menagerie
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Naked & Warm is the fifth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter and producer Bill Withers, released in 1976 by Columbia Records.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Withers.

  1. "Close To Me" - 3:55
  2. "Naked & Warm (Heaven! Oh! Heaven!)" - 5:47
  3. "Where You Are" - 3:54
  4. "Dreams" - 5:34
  5. "If I Didn't Mean You Well" - 3:04
  6. "I'll Be With You" - 3:12
  7. "City of the Angels" - 10:45
  8. "My Imagination" - 4:52

Personnel

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [4] 169
Billboard Top Soul Albums [4] 41

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [5]
US
R&B
1976"If I Didn't Mean You Well"74
1977"Close To Me"88

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References

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