Name: Everything's Gonna Be Alright - The American Singles 1967-76 by Bobby Womack
Brand: Bobby Womack
SKU: 888002550774
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Volume 1

Volume 2

Charly's 2013 collection fulfills an underappreciated hole in Bobby Womack's somewhat cluttered discography: it rounds up the A- & B-sides of every single Womack released between 1967 and 1976. There have been many similar compilations that cover this territory, but most focus on his '70s recordings for United Artists, which is understandable, as that's his best and most popular work, but this Charly double-disc set is distinguished by those late-'60s sides for Minit and Liberty. Some collections, such as Razor & Tie's 1994 set Lookin' for a Love, dipped a toe in this water, but this is the most thorough immersion into an underappreciated part of Womack's career, when he was cranking out cool, grooving uptown soul with echoes of Chicago and Detroit. As he got closer to the end of the '60s, funk and progressive psychedelic soul started to edge out this pop-soul -- the grooves got deeper and funkier, plus he took a stab at more ambitious narratives and covers -- and hearing this transition play out on Everything's Gonna Be Alright is thrilling, as well as entertaining. Perhaps the packaging could be a little more handsome, but in sheer music terms, this is a necessary and long overdue addition to Womack's discography.

Everything's Gonna Be Alright - The American Singles 1967-76

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Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 1

1. Baby, I Can't Stand It

2. Trust Me

3. Somebody Special

4. Broadway Walk

5. What Is This?

6. What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone) ?

7. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)

8. Take Me

9. California Dreamin'

10. Baby, You Ought to Think It Over

11. I Left My Heart in San Francisco

12. Love, The Time Is Now

13. It's Gonna Rain

14. Thank You

15. How I Miss You, Baby

16. Tried and Convicted

17. More Than I Can Stand

18. Arkansas State Prison

19. I'm Gonna Forget About You

20. Don't Look Back

21. Something

22. Everybody's Talkin' (Single Edit)

23. The Preacher Pt. 1 (Single Edit)

24. The Preacher Pt. 2 / More Than I Can Stand (Single Edit)

25. Communication (Single Edit)

26. Fire and Rain

27. That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha (Single Edit)

Volume 2

1. Comme L'amore

2. Woman's Gotta Have It

3. (If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back

4. Harry Hippie

5. Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed so Good)

6. Across 110th Street (From the Film OST 'Across 110th Street')

7. Hang on in There (From the Film OST 'Across 110th Street')

8. Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out

9. I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You

10. Lookin' for a Love

11. Let It Hang Out

12. You're Welcome, Stop on By

13. I Don't Wanna Be Hurt by Ya Love Again

14. I Don't Know

15. Yes, Jesus Loves Me

16. Check It Out (Single Edit)

17. Interlude No. 2

18. It's All over Now

19. Git It

20. Where There's a Will, There's a Way (Single Edit)

21. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Single Edit)

22. Daylight

23. Trust in Me

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