The Poet II

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Released 1984 Length 41:32 Artist Bobby Womack Label Charly Records		Recorded 1983 The Poet II (1984) So Many Rivers (1985) Release date 1984 Genre Rhythm and blues

Producers Bobby Womack, Andrew Loog Oldham, James Gadson Similar Bobby Womack albums, Rhythm and blues albums

The Poet II is the fourteenth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released in 1984, by Beverly Glen Music. The album features three duets with fellow soul legend Patti LaBelle, including the top three R&B charted ballad, "Love Has Finally Come At Last", and the more modest follow-up, "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye". It also includes the top 75 UK dance hit, "Tell Me Why". The UK music magazine NME named it the best album of 1984.

Track listing

"American Dream" contains an excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" 1963 speech

Personnel

Bobby Womack – vocals, guitar, arrangements

Patti LaBelle – vocals

Courtney Sappington, David T. Walker, George Benson, Robert Palmer – guitar

David Shields – bass

Michael Wycoff – keyboards

Denzil "Broadway" Miller, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton – synthesizer

James E. Gadson – drums

Fred Johnson – electronic drums

Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Fernando Harkless, Fred Wesley, Harry Kim, Sidney Muldrow, Thurman Green, Wilton Felder – horns

Dorothy Ashby – harp

James Gadson, Kathy Bloxson, Regina Womack, The Valentinos, Luther Waters, Julia Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Waters – background vocals

David Blumberg – string arrangements

Technical

Otis Smith – executive producer

Barney Perkins - mix engineer

Songs

1Love Has Finally Come at Last5:36
2It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye3:51
3Through the Eyes of a Child5:15

References

The Poet II Wikipedia

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