Tower of Power (album)

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Tower of Power
Studio album by Tower of Power
Released	1973
Genre	Soul, Funk
Length	39:56
Label	Warner Bros.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4.5/5) link
Tower of Power chronology
Bump City (1972) Tower of Power (1973) Back to Oakland (1974)

This is the third album release for the Oakland-based band, Tower of Power. This is their most successful album to date, which was released in the Spring of 1973. The album peaked at #15 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1973 and received a gold record award for sales in excess of 500,000. The album also spawned their most successful single, "So Very Hard To Go". Although the single peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, "So Very Hard To Go" landed in the Top 10 on surveys of many West Coast Top 40 radio stations, hitting #1 on most of them. Two other singles from the album also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip?".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "What Is Hip?" – 5:08
2. "Clever Girl" – 2:56
3. "This Time It's Real" – 2:54
4. "Will I Ever Find A Love?" – 3:51
5. "Get Yo' Feet Back On The Ground" – 4:52
6. "So Very Hard To Go" – 3:41
7. "Both Sorry Over Nothin'" – 3:25
8. "Soul Vaccination" – 5:13
9. "Clean Slate" – 3:22
10. "Just Another Day" – 4:34

[edit] Personnel

• Greg Adams – Strings, Trumpet, Arranger, Conductor, Flugelhorn, Horn, Vocals, String Arrangements
• Brent Byars – Bongos, Conga
• Emilio Castillo – Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Vocals, Production Supervisor
• Bruce Conte – Guitar, Vocals
• David Garibaldi – Drums
• Mic Gillette – Trombone, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn, Horn (Baritone), Vocals
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka – Oboe, Saxophone, Sax (Baritone), Vocals
• Lenny Pickett – Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
• Francis "Rocco" Prestia – Bass
• Jay Spell – Piano
• Bruce Steinberg – Harmonica, Art Direction, Design, Photography, Illustrations, Cover Design
• Chester Thompson – Organ, Keyboards, Vocals
• Lenny Williams – Vocals

[edit] Production

• Alan Chinowsky – Mixing Assistant
• Jim Gaines – Engineer, Mixing
• Tower of Power – Producer

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1973	The Billboard 200	15

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	"So Very Hard To Go"	The Billboard Hot 100	17
1973	"This Time It's Real"	The Billboard Hot 100	65
1974	"What Is Hip?"	The Billboard Hot 100	91