AWB (album)
1974 studio album by The Average White Band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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AWB is the second studio album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band, released in August 1974.
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Released | August 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1973-1974 | |||
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Genre | Funk, soul | |||
Length | 40:24 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A−[2] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ()[3] |
AWB topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts. Its million-selling single "Pick Up the Pieces" knocked Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" out of #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. In Canada, the album was #2 for 3 weeks to Elton John's Greatest Hits.
A 2004 expanded re-issue from Sony/Columbia in the UK includes a bonus CD with several demo session recordings made before the group joined Atlantic Records – taken from the so-called "Clover Sessions," recorded at Clover Studios, Los Angeles, CA, in 1973.[4] This album was eventually released as How Sweet Can You Get?