Save the Children (Bobby Womack album)

Save the Children is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released in 1989 by SOLAR Records. Womack stated that it was influenced by Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the album "doesn't play as effectively to Womack's strengths, and frequently eschews the singer's gospel roots for the soul-pop sound of Stevie Wonder's '70s albums."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Save the Children"	Bobby Womack, Harold Payne	6:32
2.	"Priorities"	Garland Thornton, Wilmer Raglin	5:24
3.	"Too Close for Comfort"	Bobby Womack, Harold Payne	4:50
4.	"Baby I'm Back"	Juan Lively	4:35
5.	"She's My Girl"	Cecil Womack, Kevin Womack	3:57
6.	"Free Love"	Keg Johnson, Sigidi Abdullah	6:02
7.	"How Can It Be"	Bobby Womack, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton, Harold Payne	4:37
8.	"Tough Job"	Bobby Womack, Jon Benson	4:14
9.	"Now We're Together"	Juan Lively, Khalid Thomas	3:46
10.	"Better Love (Everybody's Looking for a Better Love)"	Wilmer Raglin	4:39

Personnel

Bobby Womack - vocals, guitar
Curtis Womack, Friendly Womack, Jr. - vocals on "Baby I'm Back"
Carlos Santana - guitar on "Too Close for Comfort" and "Tough Job"
Blake Smith - guitar
Ray Gilliard - bass guitar
Alicia McCracken, Frank Hamilton, Patrick Moten - keyboards
Ananias Chambers, Gus Anthony Flores - percussion
Bernard Baisden, Gerald Albright, Joe Campbell, Lesli Carroll, Nolan Smith, Rastine Calhoun - horns
Alice Echols, Brandy Diana Moss, Brenda Lee Eager, Hillard Wilson, Lana Clarkson, Michelle Layborn, Pamela Starks, Patricia Henley - backing vocals
Brad Cole, Cecil Womack, Frank "Rusty" Hamilton, William Zimmerman - programming
Ron Wood - cover painting

References

Maurstad, Tom (December 6, 1989). "Arts Day". The Dallas Morning News. p. 5C.
Ed Hogan. "Save the Children - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
Mitchell, Rick (August 14, 1992). "A Musician's Message". Houston. Houston Chronicle. p. 3.
Save the Children at AllMusic
Milward, John (25 Jan 1990). "Bobby Womack's Journey from Gospel to Soul to 'Save the Children'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. F1.

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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" "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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