The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years

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]

The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years
Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 17, 2001
RecordedMay 1972 – September 15, 1975
GenreR&B
Length64:30
LabelRhino/Warner Brothers
Tower of Power chronology
What Is Hip? The Tower of Power Anthology
(1999)
The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years
(2001)
Soul With a Capital "S" – The Best of Tower of Power
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."You Got to Funkifize" Bump City (1972)4:31
2."What Happened to the World that Day?" Bump City4:11
3."Down to the Nightclub"
  • Emilio Castillo
  • Stephen Kupka
  • David Garibaldi
Bump City2:43
4."You're Still a Young Man" Bump City5:34
5."What Is Hip?"
  • Emilio Castillo
  • Stephen Kupka
  • David Garibaldi
Tower of Power (1973)5:04
6."So Very Hard to Go" Tower of Power3:39
7."This Time It's Real"
  • Emilio Castillo
  • Stephen Kupka
  • David Bartlett
Tower of Power2:50
8."Will I Ever Find a Love?" Tower of Power3:48
9."Soul Vaccination" Tower of Power5:10
10."Time Will Tell" Back to Oakland (1974)3:06
11."Below Us, All the City Lights" Back to Oakland4:14
12."Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)"Back to Oakland4:42
13."Willing to Learn" Urban Renewal (1975)4:35
14."Only So Much Oil in the Ground" Urban Renewal3:45
15."I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To"
  • Emilio Castillo
  • Stephen Kupka
  • Greg Adams
Urban Renewal3:28
16."You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous"
  • Emilio Castillo
  • Stephen Kupka
  • Frank Biner
In the Slot (1975)3:10
Total length:64:30

All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years at AllMusic
  2. ^ Tower of Power. The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years. Warner. 2001.
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