''Facts of Life'' is the fifth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by American musician

Bobby Womack Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guit ...

. The album was released on June 8, 1973, by

United Artists Records United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. History Genres In 1959, ...

. The album raced to No. 6 on the US ''

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'' R&B chart. It also charted at No. 37 on the ''Billboard'' Pop chart. The album included the hit single "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" (which charted No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' R&B Singles chart).Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Track listing

Personnel

*Bobby Womack - guitar, vocals, string and horn arrangements *Dave Turner, Jimmy Johnson,

Pete Carr Jesse Willard "Pete" Carr (April 22, 1950 – June 27, 2020) was an American guitarist. Carr contributed to successful recordings by Joan Baez, Luther Ingram, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, The Staple Singers, ...

- guitar * David Hood, Jerry Masters - bass *

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in th ...

, Clayton Ivey - keyboards * Roger Hawkins - drums ;Technical *Jerry Masters, Kerry McNab, Christina Hersch, Steve Melton - engineer *Mike Salisbury - art direction, design *Philip Hays - cover illustration

Charts

Singles

References

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