The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years
The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years | ||||
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Released | July 17, 2001 | |||
Recorded | May 1972 - September 15, 1975 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 64:30 | |||
Label | Rhino/Warner Brothers | |||
Tower of Power chronology | ||||
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The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years is a compilation album of material recorded by the band Tower of Power from May 1972 to September 1975. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes in his review that "for listeners that want a lean dose of the TOP's prime, this is the best collection on the market."[1]
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka, unless otherwise noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "You Got to Funkifize" | Bump City (1972) | 4:31 | |
2. | "What Happened to the World that Day?" | Bump City | 4:11 | |
3. | "Down to the Nightclub" |
| Bump City | 2:43 |
4. | "You're Still a Young Man" | Bump City | 5:34 | |
5. | "What Is Hip?" |
| Tower of Power (1973) | 5:04 |
6. | "So Very Hard to Go" | Tower of Power | 3:39 | |
7. | "This Time It's Real" |
| Tower of Power | 2:50 |
8. | "Will I Ever Find a Love?" | Tower of Power | 3:48 | |
9. | "Soul Vaccination" | Tower of Power | 5:10 | |
10. | "Time Will Tell" | Back to Oakland (1974) | 3:06 | |
11. | "Below Us, All the City Lights" | Back to Oakland | 4:14 | |
12. | "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)" | Back to Oakland | 4:42 | |
13. | "Willing to Learn" | Urban Renewal (1975) | 4:35 | |
14. | "Only So Much Oil in the Ground" | Urban Renewal | 3:45 | |
15. | "I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To" |
| Urban Renewal | 3:28 |
16. | "You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous" |
| In the Slot (1975) | 3:10 |
Total length: | 64:30 |
All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years at AllMusic
- ^ Tower of Power. The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years. Warner. 2001.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2001 compilation albums
- Tower of Power albums
- Warner Records compilation albums
- Rhino Records compilation albums