Safety Zone (album)

Safety Zone
Safety Zone
Studio album by Bobby Womack
Released	October 27, 1975
Recorded	1975
Studio	Wally Heider (San Francisco) ; The Village Recorder (West Los Angeles)
Genre	R&B
Length	42:22
Label	United Artists
Producer	David Rubinson
Bobby Womack chronology

Last updated November 24, 2025

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Safety Zone is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on October 27, 1975, by United Artists Records.^[3]^[4] The album debuted at number 147 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bobby Womack; except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"		7:02
2.	"I Wish It Would Rain"	Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene	4:19
3.	"Trust in Me"		3:51
4.	"Where There's a Will, There's a Way"		6:25
5.	"Love Ain't Something You Can Get for Free"	Melvin Ragin, Ray Parker Jr.	3:24
6.	"Something You Got"	Chris Kenner	5:30
7.	"Daylight"	Bobby Womack, Harold Payne	3:31
8.	"I Feel a Groove Comin' On"		8:33

Personnel

Bobby Womack - guitar, vocals
Wah Wah Watson - guitar, associate producer
Louis Johnson, Willie Weeks - bass
Sonny Burke - piano, synthesizer
Herbie Hancock - piano on "I Feel a Groove Comin' On"
James Gadson, Scott Mathews - drums
Bill Summers - percussion
Greg Wright, Ivory Stone, Julia Tillman Waters, Lorna Willard, Pointer Sisters, The Valentinos - backing vocals

References

↑ Safety Zone at AllMusic
↑ 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.
↑ Jason Elias. "Safety Zone - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
↑ "iTunes - Music - Safety Zone by Bobby Womack". iTunes. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

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[allmusic-1] Safety Zone at AllMusic

[larkin-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] Jason Elias. "Safety Zone - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

[4] "iTunes - Music - Safety Zone by Bobby Womack". iTunes. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.

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Discography
Studio albums	Fly Me to the Moon (1969) My Prescription (1970) Communication (1971) Understanding (1972) Facts of Life (1973) Lookin' for a Love Again (1974) I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975) Safety Zone (1975) BW Goes C&W (1976) Home Is Where the Heart Is (1976) Pieces (1978) Roads of Life (1979) The Poet (1981) The Poet II (1984) So Many Rivers (1985) Someday We'll All Be Free (1985) Womagic (1986) The Last Soul Man (1987) Save the Children (1989) Resurrection (1994) Back to My Roots (1999) Traditions (1999) The Bravest Man in the Universe (2012)
Singles	"California Dreamin' " "Fly Me to the Moon" "How I Miss You Baby" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" "Woman's Gotta Have It" "Harry Hippie" "Across 110th Street" "Lookin' for a Love" "Daylight" "If You Think You're Lonely Now" "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" "Someday We'll All Be Free" "Living in a Box" "Please Forgive My Heart"

Safety Zone (album)

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Track listing

Personnel

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