One of Bobby Womack's better albums, Communication is also one of the most stylistically varied.
Several of the songs feature his trademark monologues, usually about love, although the one that precedes his version of the Carpenters' "Close to You" is a diatribe against the music business ("Anything I can get into is commercial enough," he declares).
"Communication" is a spare, sinuous funk workout which demonstrates that Womack had been playing close attention to James Brown's recent work, and "That's the Way I Feel About Cha," is a blues with strings (and was deservedly a hit).
There are also a couple of unlikely covers -- an almost singalong version of Ray Stevens' syrupy ode to tolerance "Everything Is Beautiful," and a melodramatic take on James Taylor's "Fire and Rain.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CommunicationBobby Womack | Bobby Womack | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Come l'AmoreBob Hilliard, Leon Ware | Bobby Womack | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Fire and RainJames Taylor | Bobby Womack | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Everything Is BeautifulRay Stevens | Bobby Womack | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | That's the Way I Feel About 'ChaJimmy Grisby, John Grisby, Joe Hicks, Bobby Womack | Bobby Womack | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Yield Not to TemptationTraditional | Bobby Womack | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | If You Don't Want My Love | Bobby Womack | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Monologue - (They Long To Be) Close To You | Bobby Womack | Play | 09:29 | 21 MB | 0 MB |
| 33 mins | 77 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tippy Armstrong | Guitar |
| 2 | Burt Bacharach | Composer |
| 3 | Barry Beckett | Clavichord, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric) |
| 4 | Phill Brown | Mastering |
| 5 | Harrison Calloway, Jr. | Horn, Trumpet |
| 6 | Tom Cartwright | Reissue Producer |
| 7 | Hal David | Composer |
| 8 | Ronnie Eades | Sax (Baritone) |
| 9 | Margaret Goldfarb | Assistant Producer |
| 10 | Pam Grier | Vocals |
| 11 | Jimmy Grisby | Composer |
| 12 | John Grisby | Composer |
| 13 | Rene Hall | String Arrangements |
| 14 | Roger Hawkins | Drums, Percussion |
| 15 | Joe Hicks | Composer |
| 16 | Bob Hilliard | Composer |
| 17 | Patrice Holloway | Vocals |
| 18 | David Hood | Bass |
| 19 | Clayton Ivey | Keyboards |
| 20 | Jimmy Johnson | Guitar |
| 21 | Kathy Kinslow | Assistant Producer |
| 22 | Malia Kleppinger | Assistant Producer |
| 23 | Charles Levan | Assistant Producer |
| 24 | Frank Lopez | Assistant Producer |
| 25 | Cheryl Pawelski | Assistant Producer |
| 26 | Dale Quillen | Trombone |
| 27 | Norman Seeff | Art Direction, Photography |
| 28 | Janice Singleton | Vocals |
| 29 | Ray Stevens | Composer |
| 30 | James Taylor | Composer |
| 31 | Truman Thomas | Keyboards |
| 32 | Harvey Thompson | Sax (Tenor), Saxophone |
| 33 | Traditional | Composer |
| 34 | John Van Hamersveld | Art Direction, Illustrations |
| 35 | Leon Ware | Composer |
| 36 | Bobby Womack | Composer, Organ, Primary Artist, String Arrangements |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |