The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years

The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years
The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years
Compilation album by Tower of Power
Released	July 17, 2001
Recorded	May 1972 – September 15, 1975
Genre	R&B
Length	64:30
Label	Rhino/Warner Brothers
Tower of Power chronology

ReleasedJuly 17, 2001

RecordedMay 1972 – September 15, 1975

GenreR&B

Length64:30

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AllMusic	^[1]

The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years is a compilation album of material recorded by the band Tower of Power from May 1972 to September 1975. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes in his review that "for listeners that want a lean dose of the TOP's prime, this is the best collection on the market."^[1]

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"You Got to Funkifize"		Bump City (1972)	4:31
2.	"What Happened to the World that Day?"		Bump City	4:11
3.	"Down to the Nightclub"	Emilio Castillo Stephen Kupka David Garibaldi	Bump City	2:43
4.	"You're Still a Young Man"		Bump City	5:34
5.	"What Is Hip?"	Emilio Castillo Stephen Kupka David Garibaldi	Tower of Power (1973)	5:04
6.	"So Very Hard to Go"		Tower of Power	3:39
7.	"This Time It's Real"	Emilio Castillo Stephen Kupka David Bartlett	Tower of Power	2:50
8.	"Will I Ever Find a Love?"		Tower of Power	3:48
9.	"Soul Vaccination"		Tower of Power	5:10
10.	"Time Will Tell"		Back to Oakland (1974)	3:06
11.	"Below Us, All the City Lights"		Back to Oakland	4:14
12.	"Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)"	Lenny Williams Johnny Watson	Back to Oakland	4:42
13.	"Willing to Learn"		Urban Renewal (1975)	4:35
14.	"Only So Much Oil in the Ground"		Urban Renewal	3:45
15.	"I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To"	Emilio Castillo Stephen Kupka Greg Adams	Urban Renewal	3:28
16.	"You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous"	Emilio Castillo Stephen Kupka Frank Biner	In the Slot (1975)	3:10
Total length:				64:30

v t e Tower of Power
Emilio Castillo Stephen 'Doc' Kupka Roger Smith Adolfo Acosta Tom E. Politzer Jerry Cortez Marc van Wageningen Dave Richards Pete Antunes Jordan John
Studio albums	East Bay Grease (1970) Bump City (1972) Tower of Power (1973) Back to Oakland (1974) Urban Renewal (1975) In the Slot (1975) Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now (1977) We Came to Play! (1978) Back on the Streets (1979) Power (1987) Monster on a Leash (1991) T.O.P. (1993) Souled Out (1995) Rhythm & Business (1997) Step Up (2020)
Notable singles	"So Very Hard to Go"
Live albums	Live and in Living Color (1976) Direct (1981) Soul Vaccination: Live (1999)
Former members	Greg Adams Rocco Prestia David Garibaldi Lenny Williams Herman Matthews Lenny Pickett Mic Gillette Bruce Conte Michael Jeffries Victor Conte Richard Elliot Hubert Tubbs Euge Groove Brandon Fields Harry Kim
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