Pieces (Bobby Womack album)

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Pieces
Bobby Womack Pieces.jpg
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Released1978
Recorded1978
Studio
Genre R&B
Length33:59
Label Columbia
Producer Don Davis
Bobby Womack chronology
Home Is Where the Heart Is
(1976)
Pieces
(1978)
Roads of Life
(1979)
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Pieces is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released in 1978, by Columbia Records. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's Party Time" Don Davis, Willie Schofield4:09
2."Trust Your Heart"Bobby Womack, Don Davis, Leon Ware 3:56
3."Stop Before We Start"Arenita Walker, Cynthia Girty3:27
4."When Love Begins Friendship Ends" Allee Willis 5:19
5."Wind It Up"Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack, Leon Ware3:57
6."Is This the Thanks I Get" Jimmy George, John Hammond3:19
7."Caught Up in the Middle"Don Davis, Jerry Don Stephens, Ronnie McNeir5:21
8."Never Let Nothing Get the Best of You"Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack4:31

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References

  1. Hogan, Ed. Review of Pieces at AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  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 - Pieces (Reissue) (Review)". Soultracks.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.