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1984 studio album by Bobby Womack
The Poet II is the fourteenth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack . The album was released in 1984, by Beverly Glen Music.[3] The album features three duets with fellow soul legend Patti LaBelle , including the top three R&B charted ballad, "Love Has Finally Come At Last", and the more modest follow-up, "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye". It also includes the top 75 UK dance hit, "Tell Me Why". The UK music magazine NME named it the best album of 1984.[4]
Track listing [ edit ]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Love Has Finally Come at Last" Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten [5] 5:36 2. "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" Chris Brubeck 3:52 3. "Through The Eyes of a Child" Bobby Womack, Jim Ford 5:21 4. "Surprise, Surprise" Bobby Womack, Jim Ford 3:38 5. "Tryin' To Get Over You" Bobby Womack, Jim Ford 4:16 6. "Tell Me Why" Bobby Womack, Jim Ford 6:16 7. "Who's Foolin' Who" Bobby Womack, Jim Ford 4:02 8. "I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To" Cecil Womack , Linda Womack 3:47 9. "American Dream" Bobby Womack, Jim Ford 4:40
"American Dream" contains an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr. 's 1963 speech "I Have a Dream "
Personnel [ edit ]
Bobby Womack – vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, arrangements
Patti LaBelle – vocals
Courtney Sappington, David T. Walker , George Benson , Robert Palmer – guitar
David Shields – bass
Michael Wycoff – keyboards
Denzil "Broadway" Miller, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton – synthesizer
James E. Gadson – drums
Fred Johnson – electronic drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Frank "Rusty" Hamilton - harmonica
Fernando Harkless, Fred Wesley , Harry Kim, Sidney Muldrow, Thurman Green, Wilton Felder – horns
Dorothy Ashby – harp
James Gadson, Kathy Bloxson, Regina Womack, The Valentinos , Luther Waters, Julia Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Waters – background vocals
David Blumberg – string arrangements
Technical
Otis Smith – executive producer
Barney Perkins - mix engineer
References [ edit ]