The Last Soul Man

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The Last Soul Man
Bobby Womack The Last Soul Man.jpg
Studio album by
Bobby Womack
Released1987
Recorded1987
Genre Soul
Length45:34
Label MCA
Producer Bobby Womack, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton; Chips Moman
Bobby Womack chronology
Womagic
(1985)		The Last Soul Man
(1987)		 Save the Children
(1989)

The Last Soul Man is a studio album by the American musician Bobby Womack, released in 1987 on MCA Records. [1] [2] "Living in a Box" is a cover of the Living in a Box song. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
New Musical Express 8/10 [5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Philadelphia Inquirer called "I Still Love You" "gorgeous soul music for the '80s." [6] The Chicago Tribune noted that "few singers today can match the power of Womack's raspy voice." [8] The Orange County Register listed the album as the sixth best of 1987. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Living in a Box"Marcus Vere, Steve Pigott4:45
2."When the Weekend Comes" (featuring Sly Stone)Bobby Womack, Harold Payne4:46
3."I Still Love You"Bobby Womack4:40
4."Gina"Bobby Womack5:04
5."A World Where No One Cries"Bobby Womack, Harold Payne4:40
6."A Woman Likes to Hear That"Bobby Womack, Harold Payne4:26
7."Real Love Please Stand Up"Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Erma Shaw3:49
8."The Things We Do (When We're Lonely)" Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow 4:25
9."Falling in Love Again"Bobby Womack, Dan Christian4:21
10."Outside Myself"Barbara Rothstein, George Michael Elian, Richard Ash4:20

References

  1. 1 2 "Last Soul Man - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sinclair, David (December 12, 1987). "Playful Giants". The Times.
  3. ↑ "Rating the Records". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 1, 1988. p. 4G.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Quantick, David (December 12, 1987). "Bobby Wormack: The Last Soul Man". New Musical Express . p. 35.
  6. 1 2 Tucker, Ken (December 13, 1987). "Bobby Womack The Last Soul Man". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. G12.
  7. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 783.
  8. ↑ Nager, Larry (December 25, 1987). "Soul Men Live On Years After Otis Redding". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
  9. ↑ Washburn, Jim (December 27, 1987). "Riffs". Orange County Register. p. H27.
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