Naked & Warm

1976 studio album by Bill Withers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Naked & Warm is the fifth studio album by American soul singer-songwriter and producer Bill Withers, released in 1976 by Columbia Records.

Released1976
Recorded1976
StudioThe Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
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Naked & Warm
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1976
StudioThe Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
GenreSoul
Length41:03
LabelColumbia
ProducerBill Withers
Bill Withers chronology
Making Music
(1975)
Naked & Warm
(1976)
Menagerie
(1977)
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More information Review scores, Source ...
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStar [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
SoundsStarStarStarStar[3]
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Track listing

All songs written by Bill Withers.

  1. "Close to Me" - 3:55
  2. "Naked & Warm (Heaven! Oh! Heaven!)" - 5:47
  3. "Where You Are" - 3:54
  4. "Dreams" - 5:34
  5. "If I Didn't Mean You Well" - 3:04
  6. "I'll Be with You" - 3:12
  7. "City of the Angels" - 10:45
  8. "My Imagination" - 4:52

Personnel

  • Bill Withers – lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 4)
  • Benorce Blackmon – guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
  • Geoffrey Leib – guitar (1–8), electric piano (1, 7), acoustic piano (2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
  • Clifford Coulter – Moog synthesizer (1, 4, 5)
  • Don Freeman – electric piano (1–4, 6, 7), acoustic piano (5), synthesizer (7)
  • Youseff Rahman – electric piano (2)
  • Larry Nash – electric piano (8)
  • Jerry Knight – bass (1, 3–7), backing vocals (2)
  • Melvin Dunlap – bass (2)
  • Larry Tolbert – drums (1–7)
  • Earl "Crusher" Bennett – congas (1, 3–7, cowbell (1, 3–7), slapstick (1, 3–7), tambourine (1, 3–7), vibraslap (1, 3–7)
  • Kwasi "Rocky" Dzidzornu – congas (1, 3)
  • Dorothy Ashby – harp (2, 7, 8), obbligato vocals (2, 7, 8)
  • Lenny Booker – backing vocals (2)
  • Lois Booker – backing vocals (2)
  • Helen Gonder – backing vocals (2)
  • Marsha Johnson – backing vocals (2)

Production

  • Bill Withers – producer
  • Bob Merritt – engineer
  • Phil Jamtaas – assistant engineer
  • Rick Smith – assistant engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Ken Anderson – design
  • Tom Steele – design
  • Elliot Gilbert – cover photography
Studios

Charts

More information Chart (1976), Peak position ...
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[4] 169
Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] 41
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Singles

More information Year, Single ...
Year Single Chart positions[5]
US
R&B
1976 "If I Didn't Mean You Well" 74
1977 "Close To Me" 88
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