Bobby Womack discography
Bobby Womack discography | |
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Studio albums | 28 |
Live albums | 3 |
Compilation albums | 9 |
Singles | 47 |
The discography of American recording artist Bobby Womack consists of 28 studio albums, 3 live albums, 9 compilation albums, and 47 singles.
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
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US [1] | US R&B [1] | UK [2] | ||||||
Fly Me to the Moon |
| 174 | 34 | — | ||||
My Prescription |
| — | 44 | — | ||||
Communication |
| 83 | 7 | — | ||||
Understanding |
| 43 | 7 | — | ||||
Facts of Life |
| 37 | 6 | — | ||||
Lookin' for a Love Again |
| 85 | 5 | — | ||||
I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To |
| 126 | 20 | — | ||||
Safety Zone |
| 147 | 40 | — | ||||
BW Goes C&W |
| — | — | — | ||||
Home Is Where the Heart Is |
| — | — | — | ||||
Pieces |
| — | — | — | ||||
Roads of Life |
| — | 55 | — | ||||
The Poet |
| 29 | 1 | — | ||||
The Poet II |
| 60 | 5 | 31 | ||||
So Many Rivers |
| 66 | 5 | 28 | ||||
Someday We'll All Be Free |
| — | 59 | — | ||||
Womagic |
| — | 68 | — | ||||
The Last Soul Man |
| — | — | — | ||||
Save the Children |
| — | — | — | ||||
Resurrection |
| — | 91 | 87 | ||||
Back to My Roots |
| — | — | — | ||||
Traditions |
| — | — | — | ||||
Christmas Album |
| — | — | — | ||||
The Bravest Man in the Universe |
| 181 | 21 | 49 | ||||
The Best Is Yet to Come |
| — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US [1] | US R&B [1] | ||||||||
Your Navy Presents Bobby Womack |
| — | — | ||||||
The Womack "Live" |
| 188 | 13 | ||||||
Soul Sensation Live |
| — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Compilation albums
- 1975: Greatest Hits (United Artists) – US No. 142, R&B No. 30
- 1975: I Can Understand It (United Artists) – same tracks as on Greatest Hits
- 1986: Check it Out (Stateside) – UK SSL 6013
- 1993: Midnight Mover – The Bobby Womack Collection (EMI USA)
- 1998: Red Hot + Rhapsody
- 1999: Traditions (The Right Stuff/Capitol/EMI)
- 2003: Lookin' For a Love: The Best of 1968–1976 (Stateside Records)[3]
- 2004: Fly Me to the Moon/My Prescription on one CD ($tateside/EMI Records)[3]
- 2004: Understanding/Communication ($tateside/EMI Records)[3]
- 2004: Womack Live/The Safety Zone ($tateside/EMI Records)[3]
- 2004: Lookin' For A Love Again/BW Goes CW ($tateside/EMI Records)[3]
- 2004: Facts of Life/I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To ($tateside/EMI Records)[3]
- 2013: Everything's Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967-76 (Charly Records)
- 2014: Icon (Capitol/UMe/Universal)
Singles
As lead artist
Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Peak chart positions | Certification | Title | |||||
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[1] | US [1] R&B | [2] | |||||||
1965 | "Nothing You Can Do" b/w "Get It While You Can" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||||
"I Found a True Love" b/w "A Lonesome Man" | — | — | — | ||||||
1966 | "What Is This" b/w "I Wonder" | — | — | — | |||||
1967 | "Find Me Somebody" b/w "How Does It Feel" | — | — | — | |||||
"Baby, I Can't Stand It" b/w "Trust Me" | — | — | — | ||||||
"Broadway Walk" b/w "Somebody Special" (from Fly Me to the Moon) | — | — | — | ||||||
1968 | "What Is This" b/w "What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)" (Non-album track) | — | 33 | — | Fly Me to the Moon | ||||
"Fly Me to the Moon" b/w "Take Me" | 52 | 16 | — | ||||||
"California Dreamin'" b/w "Baby, You Oughta Think It Over" | 43 | 20 | — | ||||||
1969 | "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" ?b/w "Love, the Time Is Now" (from Fly Me to the Moon) | — | 48 | — | My Prescription | ||||
"It's Gonna Rain" b/w "Thank You" | — | 43 | — | ||||||
"How I Miss You Baby" b/w "Tried and Convicted" | 93 | 14 | — | ||||||
1970 | "More Than I Can Stand" b/w "Arkansas State Prison" | 90 | 23 | — | |||||
"I'm Gonna Forget About You" b/w "Don't Look Back" | — | 30 | — | ||||||
"Everybody's Talkin'" b/w "Something" | — | — | — | The Womack "Live" | |||||
1971 | "Breezin'" b/w "Azure Blue" Both sides with Gábor Szabó | — | 43 | — | High Contrast (Gábor Szabó's album) | ||||
"The Preacher"—Part 2 / "More Than I Can Stand" b/w Part 1 | — | 30 | — | The Womack "Live" | |||||
"Communication" b/w "Fire and Rain" | — | 40 | — | Communication | |||||
1972 | "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" b/w "Come L'Amore" | 27 | 2 | — | |||||
"Woman's Gotta Have It" b/w "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back" (from Communication) | 60 | 1 | — | Understanding | |||||
"Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" / | 51 | 16 | — | ||||||
1973 | "Harry Hippie" | 31 | 8 | — |
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"Across 110th Street" b/w "Hang On in There" | 56 | 19 | — |
| Across 110th Street | ||||
"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" | 29 | 2 | — | Facts of Life | |||||
"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You" | — | 80 | — | ||||||
1974 | "Lookin' for a Love" (solo re-recording) b/w "Let It Hang Out" | 10 | 1 | — |
| Lookin' for a Love Again | |||
"You're Welcome, Stop On By" b/w "I Don't Want to Be Hurt by Ya Love Again" | 59 | 5 | — | ||||||
"I Don't Know" b/w "Yes Jesus Loves Me" | — | — | — | I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To | |||||
1975 | "Check It Out" b/w "Interlude #2" | 91 | 6 | — | |||||
"It's All Over Now" b/w "Git It" | — | 68 | — | ||||||
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way" b/w "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" | — | 13 | — | Safety Zone | |||||
1976 | "Daylight" b/w "Trust Me" | — | 5 | — | |||||
1977 | "Home Is Where the Heart Is" b/w "We've Only Just Begun" | — | 43 | — | Home Is Where the Heart Is | ||||
"Standing in the Safety Zone" b/w "A Change Is Gonna Come" | — | — | — | ||||||
1978 | "Wind It Up" b/w "Stop Before We Start" | — | — | — | Pieces | ||||
"Trust Your Heart" b/w "When Love Begins Friendship Ends" | — | 47 | — | ||||||
1979 | "How Could You Break My Heart" b/w "I Honestly Love You" | — | 40 | — | Roads of Life | ||||
1981 | "Secrets" / | — | 55 | — | The Poet | ||||
1982 | "If You Think You're Lonely Now" | — | 3 | — | |||||
"Where Do We Go from Here" b/w "Just My Imagination" | — | 26 | — | ||||||
1984 | "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" (with Patti LaBelle) b/w "Who's Foolin' Who" | — | 76 | — | The Poet II | ||||
"Love Has Finally Come at Last" (with Patti LaBelle) b/w "American Dream" | 88 | 3 | — | ||||||
"Tell Me Why" b/w "Through the Eyes of a Child" (with Patti LaBelle) | — | 54 | 60 | ||||||
1985 | "Someday We'll All Be Free" b/w "I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To" | — | 74 | — | Someday We'll All Be Free | ||||
"I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" b/w "Got to Be with You Tonight" | — | 2 | 64 | So Many Rivers | |||||
"Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts" b/w "Check It Out" | — | 50 | — | ||||||
"I'm So Proud" (with Cecil Womack) b/w "Searching for My Love" | — | — | — | Someday We'll All Be Free | |||||
1986 | "Gypsy Woman" b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?" | — | — | — | So Many Rivers | ||||
"(I Wanna) Make Love to You" b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?" (from So Many Rivers) | — | 57 | 100 | Womagic | |||||
1987 | "How Could You Break My Heart" b/w "Give It Up" UK-only release | — | — | 86 | Roads of Life | ||||
"So the Story Goes" b/w "The Liam McCoy" Both sides with Living in a Box | 81 | — | 34 | Non-album tracks | |||||
"Living in a Box" b/w "I Can't Stay Mad" (from Womagic) | — | — | 70 | The Last Soul Man | |||||
1988 | "Outside Myself" b/w "A Woman Likes to Hear That" | — | — | — | |||||
1989 | "Priorities" b/w Instrumental version of B-side | — | — | — | Save the Children | ||||
"Save the Children" b/w Instrumental version of A-side | — | 83 | — | ||||||
1991 | "I Wish I'd Never Met You" (with Mica Paris) Featured on "If I Love U 2 Nite" CD single by Mica Paris | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||||
1993 | "I'm Back for More" (with Lulu) CD single with four different mixes | — | — | 27 | |||||
1995 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (with Jeanie Tracy) CD single with seven different mixes | — | — | 73 | |||||
2004 | "California Dreamin'" (re-release) 2. "Lookin' for a Love" 3. "Holding On to My Baby's Love" (Non-album track) CD single | — | — | 59 | The Preacher | ||||
2012 | "Please Forgive My Heart" CD single with two different mixes | — | — | — | The Bravest Man in the Universe | ||||
"–" denotes releases that did not chart. |
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As featured artist
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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US Pop | US R&B | AUS [7] | AUT [8] | BEL [9] | GER [10] | IRL [11] | NLD [12] | NZ [13] | SWI [14] | US [15] | ||||
1962 | "Lookin' for a Love" (The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) | 72 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1964 | "It's All Over Now" (The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) | 94 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985 | "(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Looking Up to You" (Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack and Altrinna Grayson) | 102 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010 | "Stylo" (Gorillaz featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack) | — | — | 48 | 40 | 25 | 63 | — | 56 | — | 56 | 103 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Other appearances (non-comprehensive)
Year | Song | Other artists | Album |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | "Get a Life" | Rae & Christian | Sleepwalking |
"Wake Up Everybody" | |||
2010 | "Cloud of Unknowing" | Gorillaz & Sinfonia ViVA | Plastic Beach |
2011 | "Bobby in Phoenix" | Gorillaz | The Fall |
2015 | "New Day Coming" | Rudimental | We the Generation |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bobby Womack - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 10, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "BOBBY WOMACK - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Stateside Records". Statesiderecords.com. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ a b "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "British certifications – Bobby Womack". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 24, 2022. Type Bobby Womack in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 1078–1080. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Australia:
- All except "On Melancholy Hill" and "Doncamatic": "Discography Gorillaz". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- "On Melancholy Hill": "The ARIA Report: Issue 1067 (Week Commencing 9 August 2010)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- "Doncamatic": "The ARIA Report: Issue 1083 (Week Commencing 29 November 2010)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Discographie Gorillaz". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Discografie Gorillaz". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Gorillaz (Single)". charts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Discography Gorillaz". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Discografie Gorillaz". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Discography Gorillaz". charts.nz. Hung. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Gorillaz" (Select "Charts" tab). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ "Gorillaz – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
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Discography
- Fly Me to the Moon (1969)
- My Prescription (1970)
- Communication (1971)
- Understanding (1972)
- Facts of Life (1973)
- Lookin' for a Love Again (1974)
- I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975)
- Safety Zone (1975)
- BW Goes C&W (1976)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (1976)
- Pieces (1978)
- Roads of Life (1979)
- The Poet (1981)
- The Poet II (1984)
- So Many Rivers (1985)
- Someday We'll All Be Free (1985)
- Womagic (1986)
- The Last Soul Man (1987)
- Save the Children (1989)
- Resurrection (1994)
- Back to My Roots (1999)
- Traditions (1999)
- The Bravest Man in the Universe (2012)
- "California Dreamin'"
- "Fly Me to the Moon"
- "How I Miss You Baby"
- "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
- "That's the Way I Feel About Cha"
- "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)"
- "Woman's Gotta Have It"
- "Harry Hippie"
- "Across 110th Street"
- "Lookin' for a Love"
- "Daylight"
- "If You Think You're Lonely Now"
- "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much"
- "Someday We'll All Be Free"
- "Living in a Box"
- "Please Forgive My Heart"