Tower of Power (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Tower of Power
Type = Album
Artist = Tower of Power


Released = 1973
Recorded =
Genre = Soul, Funk
Length = 39:56
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic (4.5/5) [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ax2tk6ax9krh link]
Last album = "Bump City"
(1972)
This album = "Tower of Power"
(1973)
Next album = "Back to Oakland"
(1974) This is the third album release for the Oakland-based band, Tower of Power. This is their most successful album to date, which was released in the Spring of 1973. The album peaked at #15 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1973 and received a gold record award for sales in excess of 500,000. The album also spawned their most successful single, "So Very Hard To Go". Although the single peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100, "So Very Hard To Go" landed in the Top 10 on surveys of many West Coast Top 40 radio stations, hitting #1 on most of them. Two other singles from the album also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip?".

Track listing

# "What Is Hip?" – 5:08
# "Clever Girl" – 2:56
# "This Time It's Real" – 2:54
# "Will I Ever Find A Love?" – 3:51
# "Get Yo' Feet Back On The Ground" – 4:52
# "So Very Hard To Go" – 3:41
# "Both Sorry Over Nothin'" – 3:25
# "Soul Vaccination" – 5:13
# "Clean Slate" – 3:22
# "Just Another Day" – 4:34

Personnel

*Greg Adams – Strings, Trumpet, Arranger, Conductor, Flugelhorn, Horn, Vocals, String Arrangements
*Brent Byars – Bongos, Conga
*Emilio Castillo – Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Vocals, Production Supervisor
*Bruce Conte – Guitar, Vocals
*David Garibaldi – Drums
*Mic Gillette – Trombone, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn, Horn (Baritone), Vocals
*Stephen "Doc" Kupka – Oboe, Saxophone, Sax (Baritone), Vocals
*Lenny Pickett – Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
*Francis "Rocco" Prestia – Bass
*Jay Spell – Piano
*Bruce Steinberg – Harmonica, Art Direction, Design, Photography, Illustrations, Cover Design
*Chester Thompson – Organ, Keyboards, Vocals
*Lenny Williams – Vocals

Production

*Alan Chinowsky – Mixing Assistant
*Jim Gaines – Engineer, Mixing
*Tower of Power – Producer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)