AWB (album)
AWB is a funk-disco album by Average White Band, released in August of 1974 (see 1974 in music). An enormous best-seller, AWB was the Average White Band's breakthrough record, stunning many listeners with its hard funk coming from a Scottish band.
AWB topped Billboard's Pop Albums and Black Albums charts.
Track listing
- "You Got It" (Ball/Gorrie/Stuart)
- "Got the Love" (Ball/McIntosh/Stuart)
- "Pick Up the Pieces" (Average White Band/Ball/Stuart)
- "Person to Person" (Average White Band/Gorrie/Stuart)
- "Work to Do" (Isley/Isley/Isley)
- "Nothing You Can Do"
- "Just Wanna Love You Tonight" (Ball/Gorrie)
- "Keepin' It to Myself" (Gorrie)
- "I Just Can't Give You Up" (Stuart)
- "There's Always Someone Waiting" (Gorrie)
- "Pick Up the Pieces" (Average White Band/Ball/Stuart)
Personnel
- Michael Brecker - Horn, Sax (Tenor)
- Don Ellis - Trumpet
- Sonny Fortune - Sax (Alto)
- Herbie Mann - Flute
- Lew Soloff - Trumpet
- Marvin Stamm - Trumpet
- Mel Davis - Trumpet
- Ralph MacDonald - Percussion, Conga
- Alan Gorrie - Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Howard Albert - Engineer
- Ron Albert - Engineer
- Roger Ball - Arranger, Keyboards, Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
- Kenneth Bichel - Keyboards, Mellotron
- Randy Brecker - Trumpet, Horn
- Raphael Cruz - Percussion
- Melvin Davis - Trumpet
- Malcolm Duncan - Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
- Joe Farrell - Sax (Alto)
- Glen Ferris - Trombone
- Steve Ferrone - Percussion, Drums
- Sammy Figueroa - Percussion
- Lewis Hahn - Engineer
- Jaroslav Jakubovic - Sax (Baritone)
- Alan Kaplan - Trombone
- Steve Klein - Engineer
- Arif Mardin - Arranger, Producer
- Robbie McIntosh - Percussion, Drums
- Ronnie McIntyre - Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Jim Mullen - Guitar
- David "Fathead" Newman - Sax (Alto)
- Gene Paul - Engineer
- Gil Rathel - Trumpet
- Karl Richardson - Engineer
- Barry Rogers - Trombone
- Hamish Stuart - Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Richard Tee - Piano (Electric)
- Dick Morrisey - Sax (Tenor)
- A. Scott Galloway - Liner Notes
Charting singles
Billboard Music Charts (North America)
1974 Pick Up The Pieces Disco Singles No. 10
1974 Work To Do Disco Singles No. 10
1975 Pick Up The Pieces Pop Singles No. 1
1975 Pick Up The Pieces Black Singles No. 5
