Bobby Womack Featuring Patti LaBelle - The Poet II

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A1	Love Has Finally Come At Last Vocals – Patti LaBelleWritten-By – Patrick Moten	5:34
A2	It Takes A Lot Of Strength To Say Goodbye Vocals – Patti LaBelleWritten-By – Chris Brubeck	3:49
A3	Through The Eyes Of A Child Vocals – Patti LaBelle	5:13
A4	Surprise Surprise	3:36
A5	Tryin' To Get Over You	4:12
B1	Tell Me Why	6:02
B2	Who's Foolin' Who	4:02
B3	I Wish I Had Someone To Come Home To Written-By – Cecil Womack/Linda Womack*	3:45
B4	American Dream	4:40

Credits

• Arranged By – Bobby Womack
• Backing Vocals – James Gadson, Regina Womack, The Waters, Valentinos
• Bass – David Shields
• Drums – James E. Gadson*
• Drums [Dmx Electric] – Fred Johnson
• Engineer [Assistant] – Carl Protho, Roger Dollarhyde*, Tim Dennen
• Executive-Producer – Otis Smith
• Guitar – Courtney Sappington, David T. Walker, George Benson (tracks: A3), Robert Palmer
• Harmonica – Rusty Hamilton*
• Harp – Dorothy Ashby
• Horns – Fernando Harkless (tracks: A1, B2), Fred Wesley (tracks: A1, B2), Harry Kim (tracks: A1, B2), Sidney Mulgrow* (tracks: A1, B2), Thurmon Green* (tracks: A1, B2), Wilton Felder (tracks: A3)
• Keyboards – Michael Wycoff
• Mixed By [Engineer] – Barney Perkins (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1, B3)
• Percussion – Paulinho DeCosta*
• Producer – Andrew Oldham*, Bobby Womack, James E. Gadson*
• Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar – Bobby Womack
• Strings [Arranged By] – Dave Bloomberg* (tracks: A2, A5)
• Synthesizer – Denzil "Broadway" Miller*, Rusty Hamilton*
• Written-By – Bobby Womack (tracks: A3 to B2, B4), Jim Ford (tracks: A3 to B2, B4)

Notes

B4 contains an excerpt from "I have a dream" copyright © 1963 by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Used by permission of Joan Daves.
Additional King material copyright © by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Used by permission of Joan Daves.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BG-10003	Bobby Womack Featuring Patti LaBelle	Bobby Womack Featuring Patti LaBelle - The Poet II ‎(LP, Album)	Beverly Glen Music	BG-10003	US	1984
ZK 72205	Bobby Womack Featuring Patti LaBelle	Bobby Womack Featuring Patti LaBelle - The Poet II ‎(Cass, Album)	Motown	ZK 72205	Europe	1984
RE 2030	Bobby Womack	The Poet II ‎(CD, Album)	Razor & Tie	RE 2030	US	1993
BGD-10003	Bobby Womack	The Poet II ‎(CD, Album)	Beverly Glen Music	BGD-10003	US	1984
72435-29691-2-8	Bobby Womack	The Poet II ‎(CD, Album, RE)	The Right Stuff	72435-29691-2-8	US	2000