- funk, soul
- 34 min
- 10 tracks
- United Artists
Facts of Life is the fifth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released on June 8, 1973, by United Artists Records. The album raced to No. 6 on the US Billboard R&B chart. It also charted at No. 37 on the Billboard Pop chart. The album included the hit single "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" .Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Nobody Wants You When You’re Down and Out2:60
- A2I’m Through Trying to Prove My Love to You3:52
- A3If You Can’t Give Her Love, Give Her Up2:50
- A4That’s Heaven to Me2:53
- A5Holdin’ on to My Baby’s Love / Nobody3:13
- B1Fact of Life / He’ll Be There When the Sun Goes Down6:22
- B2Can’t Stop a Man in Love2:25
- B3The Look of Love3:36
- B4Natural Man2:48
- B5All Along the Watchtower3:22
10 tracks, 34 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bobby Womack
- Label
- United Artists
- Released
- 1973
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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