Bobby Womack - Greatest Hits

Bobby Womack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 5, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Right Stuff
• ASIN: B00001R3HY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,194 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lookin' for a Love

2. Check It Out

3. You're Welcome, Stop on By

4. Sweet Caroline

5. Ain't Nothing Like the Lovin' We Got

6. That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha

7. I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much

8. The Preacher/More Than I Can Stand

9. I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You

10. It's All Over Now

11. How I Miss You Baby

12. Daylight

13. Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out

14. Home Is Where the Heart Is

15. Woman's Gotta Have It

16. If You Don't Want My Love (Give It Back)

17. Harry Hippie

18. Save the Children

19. Somebody Special

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Bobby Womack was a veteran R&B and gospel artist by the time he began scoring solo hits in the late '60s. The former Sam Cooke protégé's gifts as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist were displayed stunningly on tracks raucous ("Lookin' for a Love," "It's All Over Now"--both remakes of early recordings by Womack and brothers Cecil and Harry from their days as the Valentinos) and smooth (1985's "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much"). Greatest Hits touches high point after high point in each style, with Womack's sandpapery voice putting across a packed disc's worth of classics. Womack is often forgotten when the names of major soul artists are run down, but even without the deadly "If You Think You're Lonely Now" and "Across 110th Street," this set is a fine reminder of his importance. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete Collection!!!!, July 17, 2001

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chakasworld "chakasworld" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bobby Womack - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This compilation of Bobby Womack's songs is merely nice, but it is NOT a complete single disc collection that this legend deserves!!! Songs like 'Across 110th St', 'If You Think You're Lonely Now', 'Love Has Finally Come At Last' (w/Patti LaBelle), and MORE are not on this CD!!! I would recomend this 'Greatest Hits' collection (for less than 5 bucks!), BUT you must also invest in Bobby's 'The Best Of The Poet Trilogy' CD!! Bobby Womack's fans simply deserve a deluxe 2 CD retrospective (and not that messy 'Anthology' that Capitol put out!)!! In closing, this CD is a nice 'start' for novice fans who just want to have some of Womack's music, but if you want a CD with the Essentials, you'd do a better job making it yourself (or wait a while)!!

Here's the tracklisting for MY personal Bobby Womack
'Ultimate Collection' (1969 - 1989) CD
1. How I Miss You Baby
2. Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
3. That's The Way I Feel about Cha
4. Woman's Gotta Have It
5. Across 110th St.
6. Harry Hippie
7. If You Can't Give Her Love, Give Her Up
8. I'm Through Tryin' To Prove My Love To You
9. Nobody Wants You When You're Down & Out
10. You're Welcome, Stop On By
11. Lookin' For A Love
12. Check It Out
13. Daylight
14. If You Think You're Lonely Now
15. Love Has Finally Come At Last (ft.Patti Labelle)
16. Through The Eyes Of A Child (ft.Patti Labelle)
17. It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say
Goodbye (ft.Patti Labelle)
18. I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much
19. (No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be
Lookin' Up To You (ft.Altrina Grayson)
20. Ain't Nothin' Like The Lovin' We Got
(featuring Shirley Brown)

There you have it! Fans can make this at home since the
record company refuses to release a collection like this!

Enjoy, S.D.
(from 'Chaka's World')

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Enough of Bobby's Best!, April 23, 2003

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Soulful Annie (Sonoma County, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bobby Womack - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Despite its title (and just like "The Best Of"), this collection curiously excludes many of Bobby's biggest hits. You'll still need to buy about four different CDs to get Womack's finest. Essential tunes missing from this collection include: 'Fact of Life/He'll Be There When the Sun Goes Down', 'If You Think You're Lonely Now', and the AWESOMELY soulful 'Where Do We Go From Here'.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I wish this collection correctly represented Womack's talent, January 5, 2005

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Scott D. Gribble (Baltimore MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bobby Womack - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Bobby Womack is simply incredible at times. His soul voice can only be compared to his mentor, Sam Cooke. Seeing Womack's career can only give us a glimpse into what Cooke could have been. Womack is just as an incredible songwriter as he is singer and this CD shows it. As said before Bobby Womack's music is a beautiful thing for soul fans.

This collection however, is just simply not as good as it could have been. To be perfectly honest, I really dislike every track on here that came from 80 and beyond (Check It Out, Ain't Nothin' Like The Lovin' We Got , I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much, Save The Children). Womack sounds completely different, in voice, style, and music. He sounds less soulful and more R&B (which for him is taking away so much) and the production just sounds almost pop. "Sweet Caroline" is really unnecessary, we've all herd the Neil Diamond version so much it's hard for anybody else to really do it.

The real reason it's so disappointing that these tracks are on there is because there's SO much they could have put on here. If I had to make a greatest hits album of his, the excellent tracks would be fighting for room on one disc. How could they possibly have left off "Across 110th Street" not to mention "If You Think You're Lonely Now", "If you Don't Want My Love", "Where Do We Go From Here", even "Quicksand". I don't even claim to be a huge Womack fan, yet I know there's better stuff. So, to see Capitol really waist a lot of space on here and not include other classics is just frustrating.

That aside, there are some amazing tracks on here. "I'm Through Trying To Prove My Love To You" is classic and "The Preacher/More Than I Can Stand" is an epic live track. All In all, there are 13 of the 19 tracks that I really enjoy and to be honest it's more than worth getting this collection to start you off on Bobby Womack. Although I'm not sure I would recommend another "Greatest Hits" collection of Womack instead of this one, I would encourage people new to Womack's music to start hear and realize there's more & at times even better stuff out there.