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'Bout Love - Wikipedia

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'Bout Love

Studio album by

Bill Withers

Released

12 March 1979

Recorded

August–December 1978

Studio

Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) and A&R Recording (New York City, New York).

Genre

Soul

Length

39:03

Bill Withers chronology

Menagerie
(1977)

'Bout Love
(1979)

Watching You, Watching Me
(1985)

'Bout Love is the seventh studio album by the American musician Bill Withers, released in 1979 on the Columbia label.^[1] Withers collaborated with Paul Smith, who co-wrote all the tracks but "Memories Are That Way" with Withers.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C^[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[1]

'Bout Love features Withers' usual mellowness and introspective lyrics, however its lead single, "Don't It Make It Better" is up-tempo, and its follow-up single, "You Got the Stuff" is a funk song. "Don't It Make It Better" peaked at No. 30 on Billboard R&B Singles, but "You Got the Stuff" reached only No. 85 on the chart.^[4]

'Bout Love peaked at #50 on the R&B chart and No. 134 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

"All Because Of You" (Bill Withers, Paul Smith) – 3:50
"Dedicated To You My Love" (Withers, Smith) – 4:47
"Don't It Make It Better" (Withers, Smith) – 4:12
"You Got The Stuff" (Withers, Smith, Keith Hatchell) – 7:14
"Look To Each Other For Love" (Withers, Smith) – 4:23
"Love" (Withers, Smith) – 4:57
"Love Is" (Withers, Smith) – 4:21
"Memories Are That Way" (Withers) – 5:06

Personnel

Bill Withers – vocals, acoustic guitar (1), bass (1), whistle (2), guitar (3, 4, 7, 8), horn and string arrangements (3), acoustic piano (4), drums (8)
Wah Wah Watson – electric guitar (1)
Paul Smith – keyboards (1–7), synthesizer (1–4)
Geoffrey Leib – keyboards (8)
Clifford Coulter – synthesizer (8)
Keni Burke – additional bass lIcks (1, 2), bass (3, 6, 7)
Bryan Garofalo – bass (2, 5, 8)
Jerry Knight – bass (3)
Keith Hatchell – bass (4)
Russ Kunkel – drums (1, 2, 3, 5–8), additional cymbal (8)
Harvey Mason – drums (4)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 5–8)
Buddy Collette – flute solo (2)
Bill Eaton – horn and string arrangements (1, 8), additional string arrangements (5, 6)
Jeff Ervin – additional horn arrangements (1, 3)
Jean Hintermann – additional horn arrangements (1, 3)
Wade Marcus – horn arrangements (4–7), string arrangements (5, 6, 7)

Production

Paul Smith – producer
Bill Eaton – production consultant
Gerry Griffith – production consultant
Ralph MacDonald – production consultant
Wade Marcus – production consultant
Bob Merritt – recording, mixing
Phil Jantaas – assistant engineer
Ollie Cotton – assistant engineer
Ed Rakowicz – assistant engineer
Andy Engel – design
Fred Anderson – photography

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[5]	134
Billboard Top Soul Albums^[5]	50

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[6]
Year	Single	US R&B
1979	"Don't It Make It Better "	30
1979	"You Got The Stuff "	85

References

^ ^a ^b Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 366.
^ Hogan, Ed. Bill Withers: 'Bout Love – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ ""'Bout Love" Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Bill Withers US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
^ "Bill Withers US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.

External links

Bill Withers-'Bout Love at Discogs

v t e Bill Withers
Discography
Studio albums	Just as I Am Still Bill +'Justments Making Music Naked & Warm Menagerie 'Bout Love Watching You, Watching Me
Live albums	Live at Carnegie Hall
Compilations	Bill Withers' Greatest Hits The Essential Bill Withers
Singles	"Ain't No Sunshine" "Grandma's Hands" "Everybody's Talkin'" "Let It Be" "Use Me" "Lean on Me" "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" "Lovely Day" "Just the Two of Us" "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?"
Other songs	"Apple Pie" "We Could Be Sweet Lovers"
Related articles	Discography Still Bill (film)

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