Facts of Life (album)

Facts of Life

Studio album by Bobby Womack

Released

June 8, 1973

Recorded

1973

Genre

Soul, funk

Length

34:30

Bobby Womack chronology

Understanding
(1972)

Facts of Life
(1973)

Lookin' for a Love Again
(1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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" (which charted No. 2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"	James Cox	2:59
2.	"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You"	Womack	3:51
3.	"If You Can't Give Her Love (Give Her Up)"	Clayton Ivey, Phillip Mitchell	2:49
4.	"That's Heaven to Me"	Sam Cooke	2:53
5.	"Medley: Holdin' on to My Baby's Love / Nobody"	Womack, George Jackson, Raymond Moore	3:13
6.	"Medley: Fact of Life / He'll Be There When the Sun Goes Down"	Womack	6:21
7.	"Can't Stop a Man in Love"	George Soulé, Terry Woodford	2:24
8.	"The Look of Love"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:51
9.	"Natural Man"	Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler	2:48
10.	"All Along the Watchtower"	Bob Dylan	3:21

Personnel

Bobby Womack - guitar, vocals, string and horn arrangements
Dave Turner, Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr - guitar
David Hood, Jerry Masters - bass
Barry Beckett, Clayton Ivey - keyboards
Roger Hawkins - drums

Technical

Jerry Masters, Kerry McNab, Christina Hersch, Steve Melton - engineer
Mike Salisbury - art direction, design
Philip Hays - cover illustration

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[2]	37
Billboard Top Soul Albums^[2]	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[3]
Year	Single	US	US R&B
1973	"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"	29	2
1973	"I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You"	—	80

References

↑ Elias, Jason. Bobby Womack: Facts Of Life > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
1 2 "Bobby Womack US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
↑ "Bobby Womack US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-13.

Bobby Womack
Discography
Studio albums	Fly Me to the Moon (1969) My Prescription (1970) Communication (1971) Understanding (1972) Facts of Life (1973) Lookin' for a Love Again (1974) I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975) Safety Zone (1975) BW Goes C&W (1976) Home Is Where the Heart Is (1976) Pieces (1978) Roads of Life (1979) The Poet (1981) The Poet II (1984) So Many Rivers (1985) Someday We'll All Be Free (1985) Womagic (1986) The Last Soul Man (1987) Save the Children (1989) Resurrection (1994) Back to My Roots (1999) Traditions (1999) The Bravest Man in the Universe (2012)
Singles	"California Dreamin'" "Fly Me to the Moon" "How I Miss You Baby" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" "Woman's Gotta Have It" "Harry Hippie" "Across 110th Street" "Lookin' for a Love" "Check It Out" "Daylight" "If You Think You're Lonely Now" "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" "Someday We'll All Be Free" "Living in a Box" "Please Forgive My Heart"

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