The discography of American recording artist Bobby Womack consists of 28 studio albums, 3 live albums, 9 compilation albums, and 47 singles.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US USR&B UK Fly Me to the Moon Released: January 1969 Label: Minit 174 34 — My Prescription Released: February 1970 Label: Minit — 44 — Communication Released: September 15, 1971 Label: United Artists 83 7 — Understanding Released: May 30, 1972 Label: United Artists 43 7 — Facts of Life Released: June 8, 1973 Label: United Artists 37 6 — Lookin' for a Love Again Released: January 11, 1974 Label: United Artists 85 5 — I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To Released: March 28, 1975 Label: United Artists 126 20 — Safety Zone Released: October 27, 1975 Label: United Artists 147 40 — BW Goes C&W Released: 1976 Label: United Artists — — — Home Is Where the Heart Is Released: 1977 Label: Columbia — — — Pieces Released: 1978 Label: Columbia — — — Roads of Life Released: 1979 Label: Arista — 55 — The Poet Released: 1981 Label: Beverly Glen 29 1 — The Poet II Released: 1984 Label: Beverly Glen 60 5 31 So Many Rivers Released: 1985 Label: MCA 66 5 28 Someday We'll All Be Free Released: 1985 Label: Beverly Glen — 59 — Womagic Released: 1986 Label: MCA — 68 — The Last Soul Man Released: 1987 Label: MCA — — — Save the Children Released: 1989 Label: SOLAR — — — Resurrection Released: August 16, 1994 Label: Continuum — 91 87 Back to My Roots Released: August 24, 1999 Label: Capitol — — — Traditions Released: November 4, 1999 Label: Capitol — — — Christmas Album Released: 2000 Label: Indigo — — — The Bravest Man in the Universe Released: June 12, 2012 Label: XL 181 21 49 The Best Is Yet to Come Released: TBA Label: XL — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Live albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures, and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US USR&B Your Navy Presents Bobby Womack Released: 1968 Label: United States Navy Recruitment — — The Womack "Live" Released: 1970 Label: United Artists 188 13 Soul Sensation Live Released: 1998 Label: Sequel — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums 1975: Greatest Hits (United Artists) – US No. 142, R&B No. 30 1975: I Can Understand It (United Artists) – same tracks as on Greatest Hits 1986: Check it Out (Stateside SSL-6013) 1993: Midnight Mover: The Bobby Womack Collection (EMI USA) 1998: Red Hot + Rhapsody 1999: Traditions (The Right Stuff/Capitol/EMI) 2003: Lookin' For a Love: The Best of 1968–1976 (Stateside) 2004: Fly Me to the Moon/My Prescription (Stateside) 2 albums on one CD 2004: Understanding/Communication (Stateside) 2004: Womack Live/The Safety Zone (Stateside) 2004: Lookin' For A Love Again/B.W. Goes C&W (Stateside) 2004: Facts of Life/I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (Stateside) 2013: Everything's Gonna Be Alright: The American Singles 1967-76 (Charly) 2014: Icon (Capitol/UMe)
Singles As lead artist Year Titles (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Peak chart positionsCertification Title 1965 "Nothing You Can Do"b/w "Get It While You Can" — — —Non-album tracks"I Found a True Love"b/w "A Lonesome Man" — — —1966 "What Is This"b/w "I Wonder" — — —1967 "Find Me Somebody"b/w "How Does It Feel" — — — "Baby, I Can't Stand It"b/w "Trust Me" — — — "Broadway Walk"b/w "Somebody Special" (from Fly Me to the Moon) — — — 1968 "What Is This"b/w "What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)" (Non-album track) — 33 —Fly Me to the Moon "Fly Me to the Moon"b/w "Take Me" 52 16 — "California Dreamin'"b/w "Baby, You Oughta Think It Over" 43 20 — 1969 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"b/w "Love, the Time Is Now" (from Fly Me to the Moon) — 48 —My Prescription "It's Gonna Rain"b/w "Thank You" — 43 — "How I Miss You Baby"b/w "Tried and Convicted" 93 14 — 1970 "More Than I Can Stand"b/w "Arkansas State Prison" 90 23 — "I'm Gonna Forget About You"b/w "Don't Look Back" — 30 — "Everybody's Talkin'"b/w "Something" — — —The Womack "Live" 1971 "Breezin'"b/w "Azure Blue"Both sides with Gábor Szabó — 43 —High Contrast "The Preacher"—Part 2 / "More Than I Can Stand"b/w Part 1 — 30 —The Womack "Live" "Communication"b/w "Fire and Rain" — 40 —Communication 1972 "That's the Way I Feel About Cha"b/w "Come L'Amore" 27 2 — "Woman's Gotta Have It"b/w "(If You Don't Want My Love) Give It Back" (from Communication) 60 1 —Understanding "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" / 51 16 — 1973 "Harry Hippie" 31 8 — US: Gold "Across 110th Street"b/w "Hang On in There" 56 19 — BPI: SilverAcross 110th Street "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" 29 2 —Facts of Life "I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You" — 80 — 1974 "Lookin' for a Love" (solo re-recording)b/w "Let It Hang Out" 10 1 — US: GoldLookin' for a Love Again "You're Welcome, Stop On By"b/w "I Don't Want to Be Hurt by Ya Love Again" 59 5 — "I Don't Know"b/w "Yes Jesus Loves Me" — — —I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To 1975 "Check It Out"b/w "Interlude #2" 91 6 — "It's All Over Now" (with Bill Withers)b/w "Git It" — 68 — "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"b/w "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" — 13 —Safety Zone1976 "Daylight"b/w "Trust Me" — 5 —1977 "Home Is Where the Heart Is"b/w "We've Only Just Begun" — 43 —Home Is Where the Heart Is "Standing in the Safety Zone"b/w "A Change Is Gonna Come" — — —1978 "Wind It Up"b/w "Stop Before We Start" — — —Pieces "Trust Your Heart"b/w "When Love Begins Friendship Ends" — 47 —1979 "How Could You Break My Heart"b/w "I Honestly Love You" — 40 —Roads of Life 1981 "Secrets" / — 55 —The Poet 1982 "If You Think You're Lonely Now" — 3 — "Where Do We Go from Here"b/w "Just My Imagination" — 26 — 1984 "It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye" (with Patti LaBelle)b/w "Who's Foolin' Who" — 76 —The Poet II "Love Has Finally Come at Last" (with Patti LaBelle)b/w "American Dream" 88 3 — "Tell Me Why"b/w "Through the Eyes of a Child" (with Patti LaBelle) — 54 60 1985 "Someday We'll All Be Free"b/w "I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To" — 74 —Someday We'll All Be Free "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much"b/w "Got to Be with You Tonight" — 2 64So Many Rivers "Let Me Kiss It Where It Hurts"b/w "Check It Out" — 50 — "I'm So Proud" (with Cecil Womack)b/w "Searching for My Love" — — —Someday We'll All Be Free1986 "Gypsy Woman"b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?" — — —So Many Rivers "(I Wanna) Make Love to You"b/w "Whatever Happened to the Times?" (from So Many Rivers) — 57 100Womagic 1987 "How Could You Break My Heart"b/w "Give It Up"UK-only release — — 86Roads of Life "So the Story Goes"b/w "The Liam McCoy"Both sides with Living in a Box 81 — 34Non-album tracks "Living in a Box"b/w "I Can't Stay Mad" (from Womagic) — — 70The Last Soul Man1988 "Outside Myself"b/w "A Woman Likes to Hear That" — — —1989 "Priorities"b/w Instrumental version of B-side — — —Save the Children "Save the Children"b/w Instrumental version of A-side — 83 —1991 "I Wish I'd Never Met You" (with Mica Paris)Featured on "If I Love U 2 Nite" CD single by Mica Paris — — —Non-album tracks1993 "I'm Back for More" (with Lulu)CD single with four different mixes — — 271995 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (with Jeanie Tracy)CD single with seven different mixes — — 732004 "California Dreamin'" (re-release)2. "Lookin' for a Love"3. "Holding On to My Baby's Love" (Non-album track)CD single — — 59The Preacher2012"Please Forgive My Heart"CD single with two different mixes — — —The Bravest Man in the Universe "–" denotes releases that did not chart.
As featured artist Year Title Peak chart positions USPop USR&B AUSPeak chart positions for singles in Australia: All except "On Melancholy Hill" and "Doncamatic": "On Melancholy Hill": "Doncamatic": AUT BEL GER IRL NLD NZ SWI US 1962 "Lookin' for a Love"(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) 72 8 — — — — — — — — — 1964 "It's All Over Now"(The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack) 94 21 — — — — — — — — — 1985 "(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Looking Up to You"(Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack and Altrinna Grayson) 102 2 — — — — — — — — — 2010 "Stylo"(Gorillaz featuring Mos Def & Bobby Womack) — — 48 40 25 63 — 56 — 56 103 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Other appearances (non-comprehensive) Year Song Other artists Album 1976 "Adagio" Michael Quatro Dancers, Romancers, Dreamers & Schemers 2001 "Get a Life" Rae & Christian Sleepwalking "Wake Up Everybody" 2010 "Cloud of Unknowing" Gorillaz & Sinfonia ViVA Plastic Beach 2011 "Bobby in Phoenix" Gorillaz The Fall 2015 "New Day Coming" Rudimental We the Generation 2026 "The Moon Cave" Gorillaz, Asha Puthli, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought The Mountain
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