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The Last Soul Man

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The Last Soul Man
Studio album by
Released1987
Recorded1987
GenreSoul
Length45:34
LabelMCA
ProducerBobby Womack, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton; Chips Moman
Bobby Womack chronology
Womagic
(1985)
The Last Soul Man
(1987)
Save the Children
(1989)

The Last Soul Man is a studio album by the American musician Bobby Womack, released in 1987 on MCA Records.[1][2] "Living in a Box" is a cover of the Living in a Box song.[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
New Musical Express8/10[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

The Philadelphia Inquirer called "I Still Love You" "gorgeous soul music for the '80s."[6] The Chicago Tribune noted that "few singers today can match the power of Womack's raspy voice."[8] The Orange County Register listed the album as the sixth best of 1987.[9]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Living in a Box"Marcus Vere, Steve Pigott4:45
2."When the Weekend Comes" (featuring Sly Stone)Bobby Womack, Harold Payne4:46
3."I Still Love You"Bobby Womack4:40
4."Gina"Bobby Womack5:04
5."A World Where No One Cries"Bobby Womack, Harold Payne4:40
6."A Woman Likes to Hear That"Bobby Womack, Harold Payne4:26
7."Real Love Please Stand Up"Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Erma Shaw3:49
8."The Things We Do (When We're Lonely)"Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow4:25
9."Falling in Love Again"Bobby Womack, Dan Christian4:21
10."Outside Myself"Barbara Rothstein, George Michael Elian, Richard Ash4:20

References

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  1. ^ a b "Last Soul Man - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  2. ^ Sinclair, David (December 12, 1987). "Playful Giants". The Times.
  3. ^ "Rating the Records". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 1, 1988. p. 4G.
  4. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Womack, Bobby". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 751–2. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  5. ^ Quantick, David (12 December 1987). "Bobby Wormack: The Last Soul Man". New Musical Express. p. 35.
  6. ^ a b Tucker, Ken (13 Dec 1987). "Bobby Womack The Last Soul Man". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. G12.
  7. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 783.
  8. ^ Nager, Larry (25 Dec 1987). "Soul Men Live On Years After Otis Redding". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
  9. ^ Washburn, Jim (December 27, 1987). "Riffs". Orange County Register. p. H27.