- soul, r&b
- 41 min
- 9 tracks
- Beverly Glen Music
The Poet II is the fourteenth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released in 1984, by Beverly Glen Music. The album features three duets with 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". NME named it the best album of 1984.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- Record Collector5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Love Has Finally Come at Last5:36
- 2It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye3:51
- 3Through the Eyes of a Child5:15
- 4Surprise, Surprise3:37
- 5Tryin' to Get Over You4:13
- 6Tell Me Why6:10
- 7Who's Foolin' Who4:02
- 8I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To3:44
- 9American Dream4:43
9 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bobby Womack
- Label
- Beverly Glen Music
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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