Naked & Warm
Appearance
Naked & Warm | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Studio | The Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 41:03 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Bill Withers | |||
Bill Withers chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
Sounds | [3] |
Naked & Warm is the fifth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter and producer Bill Withers, released in 1976 by Columbia Records.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Bill Withers.
- "Close To Me" - 3:55
- "Naked & Warm (Heaven! Oh! Heaven!)" - 5:47
- "Where You Are" - 3:54
- "Dreams" - 5:34
- "If I Didn't Mean You Well" - 3:04
- "I'll Be With You" - 3:12
- "City of the Angels" - 10:45
- "My Imagination" - 4:52
Personnel
[edit]- Bill Withers – lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 4)
- Benorce Blackmon – guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
- Geoffrey Leib – guitar (1-8), electric piano (1, 7), acoustic piano (2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
- Clifford Coulter – Moog synthesizer (1, 4, 5)
- Don Freeman – electric piano (1-4, 6, 7), acoustic piano (5), synthesizer (7)
- Youseff Rahman – electric piano (2)
- Larry Nash – electric piano (8)
- Jerry Knight – bass (1, 3-7), backing vocals (2)
- Melvin Dunlap – bass (2)
- Larry Tolbert – drums (1-7)
- Earl "Crusher" Bennett – congas (1, 3-7, cowbell (1, 3-7), slapstick (1, 3-7), tambourine (1, 3-7), vibraslap (1, 3-7)
- Kwasi "Rocky" Dzidzornu – congas (1, 3)
- Dorothy Ashby – harp (2, 7, 8), obbligato vocals (2, 7, 8)
- Lenny Booker – backing vocals (2)
- Lois Booker – backing vocals (2)
- Helen Gonder – backing vocals (2)
- Marsha Johnson – backing vocals (2)
Production
[edit]- Bill Withers – producer
- Bob Merritt – engineer
- Phil Jamtaas – assistant engineer
- Rick Smith – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Ken Anderson – design
- Tom Steele – design
- Elliot Gilbert – cover photography
- Studios
- Recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles, California).
- Mastered at A&M Studios (Hollywood, California).
Charts
[edit]Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Billboard Pop Albums[4] | 169 |
Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] | 41 |
Singles
[edit]Year | Single | Chart positions[5] | ||
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US R&B | ||||
1976 | "If I Didn't Mean You Well" | 74 | ||
1977 | "Close To Me" | 88 |
References
[edit]- ^ Music, All. Bill Withers: Naked & Warm > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Goldman, Vivien (25 December 1976). "The agony and the ecstacy" (PDF). Sounds. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Bill Withers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ "Bill Withers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-29.