Communication is a 1971 R&B album recorded by Bobby Womack. It reached No. … Read Full Bio ↴Communication is a 1971 R&B album recorded by Bobby Womack. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 20 on the Billboard Jazz Chart in 1972. It included the hit single, "That's The Way I Feel About Cha", which charted at No. 2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 27 on the Billboard pop chart. The album became Womack's breakthrough spawning the hit single "That's The Way I Feel About Cha" and a favorite Womack album track, "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back", which Womack recorded three times after the original, the first remake, a slower acoustic version, was issued on the soundtrack of the film, Across 110th Street, and an instrumental by J. J. Johnson's band. The fourth time Womack recorded it was with Rolling Stones singer and musician Ron Wood. Womack recorded his own versions of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain", Ray Stevens' "Everything Is Beautiful" and featured a spoken word monologue in his cover of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David standard, "(They Long To Be) Close to You".
Actress Pam Grier and veteran singers Janice Singleton and Patrice Holloway sung background on the songs "Come l'Amore", "Give It Back" and "Yield Not to Temptation", a song Womack and his brothers, The Womack Brothers (later The Valentinos), recorded over a decade before with Bobby's older brother Curtis singing lead. Ironically, Bobby's brothers sing background with him on the remaining tracks. The album's instrumental background was provided by the legendary Muscle Shoals team. The track "Come l'Amore" was "covered" by James Brown in his Lyn Collins duet single, "What My Baby Needs Now (Is A Little More Loving)" though the lyrics are different and in different keys.
Personnel
Bobby Womack – Vocals, Guitar, Organ, String Arrangements
Barry Beckett – Piano, Clavichord, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Moog Synthesizer
Jimmy Johnson, Tippy Armstrong – Guitar
Roger Hawkins – Percussion, Drums
David Hood – Bass
Truman Thomas, Clayton Ivey – Keyboards
Harrison Calloway – Trumpet, Horn
Dale Quillen – Trombone
Ronnie Eades – Baritone Saxophone
Harvey Thompson – Tenor Saxophone
Friendly Womack, Jr., Curtis Womack, Harry Womack, Cecil Womack, Patrice Holloway, Pam Grier, Janice Singleton – Backing Vocals
Actress Pam Grier and veteran singers Janice Singleton and Patrice Holloway sung background on the songs "Come l'Amore", "Give It Back" and "Yield Not to Temptation", a song Womack and his brothers, The Womack Brothers (later The Valentinos), recorded over a decade before with Bobby's older brother Curtis singing lead. Ironically, Bobby's brothers sing background with him on the remaining tracks. The album's instrumental background was provided by the legendary Muscle Shoals team. The track "Come l'Amore" was "covered" by James Brown in his Lyn Collins duet single, "What My Baby Needs Now (Is A Little More Loving)" though the lyrics are different and in different keys.
Personnel
Bobby Womack – Vocals, Guitar, Organ, String Arrangements
Barry Beckett – Piano, Clavichord, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Moog Synthesizer
Jimmy Johnson, Tippy Armstrong – Guitar
Roger Hawkins – Percussion, Drums
David Hood – Bass
Truman Thomas, Clayton Ivey – Keyboards
Harrison Calloway – Trumpet, Horn
Dale Quillen – Trombone
Ronnie Eades – Baritone Saxophone
Harvey Thompson – Tenor Saxophone
Friendly Womack, Jr., Curtis Womack, Harry Womack, Cecil Womack, Patrice Holloway, Pam Grier, Janice Singleton – Backing Vocals
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Communication
Bobby Womack Lyrics
Come L'Amore Bobby sings: Try love! Owwww, you oughta try love --…
Communication I've got somethin' I wanna talk about to you Just another…
Everything Is Beautiful Everything is beautiful in it's own way Like the starry sum…
Fire And Rain Just yesterday mornin', they let me know you were gone Suzan…
That's The Way I Feel About 'Cha Huh, you know life is funny when you look at…
Yield Not To Temptation You've got to yield not to temptation, for yielding is…