Back to Oakland

by Tower of Power

Back to Oakland cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:05
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Francis Rocco Prestia, Mic Gillette, Bruce Conte, David Garibaldi, Bud Shank, Ray Gillette, Lenny Pickett, Frank Rosolino, Chester Thompson, David Duke, Stephen Kupka, Kell Houston, Lenny Williams, Tommy Shepard, Marilyn Scott, Pepper Watkins, Richard Perissi, Brent Byars, Vincent DeRosa

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Widely considered a commercial and creative peak for the East Bay grease pioneers, 'Back to Oakland' delivers relentlessly tight horn charts and complex rhythm section interplay. The album highlights Lenny Williams' impassioned lead vocals on ballads while bringing furious instrumental funk on tracks like 'Squib Cakes'. It solidified Tower of Power's reputation as one of the premier live and studio funk outfits of the decade.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, funky, groove-laden, vocal, bassy

Tracklist

  1. Oakland Stroke... (0:53)
  2. Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) (4:28)
  3. Just When We Start Makin' It (6:30)
  4. Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong) (3:00)
  5. Squib Cakes (7:49)
  6. Time Will Tell (3:11)
  7. Man From The Past (4:00)
  8. Love's Been Gone So Long (4:47)
  9. I Got The Chop (2:59)
  10. Below Us, All The City Lights (4:20)
  11. ...Oakland Stroke (1:08)

Credits

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