My Prescription
By Bobby Womack
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- A1 How I Miss You Baby 3:13
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- A2 More Than I Can Stand 2:53
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- A3 It's Gonna Rain 2:20
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- A4 Everyone's Gone to the Moon 2:38
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- A5 I Can't Take It Like a Man 2:51
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- A6 I Left My Heart in San Francisco 2:22
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- B1 Arkansas State Prison 2:56
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- B2 I'm Gonna Forget About You 2:27
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- B3 Don't Look Back 2:47
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- B4 Tried and Convicted 2:42
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- B5 Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) 2:09
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- B6 Thank You 4:00
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- Total length: 33:18
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My Prescription [p] 33 rpm
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My Prescription 180 gram, 33 rpm
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A1
How I Miss You Baby
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A2
More Than I Can Stand
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A3
It's Gonna Rain
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A4
Everyone's Gone to the Moon
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A5
I Can't Take It Like a Man
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A6
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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B1
Arkansas State Prison
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B2
I'm Gonna Forget About You
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B3
Don't Look Back
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B4
Tried and Convicted
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B5
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
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B6
Thank You
"How I Miss You Baby" is the persistently kickin' mid-tempo ballad kicking it all off. Bobby lets loose another one of his full-throttled vocals on here, with brilliant, greasy horns accentuating every downbeat. Similar in mood and tempo, "More Than I Can Stand" is even better; an autobiographical account of the romantic troubles Womack was going through at the time (he was still married to Sam Cooke's widow in 1970).
Real nitty-gritty country church soul stompin' comes with "It's Gonna Rain", a thundering groove monster layered in horns and soppin' in the ravenous purs of a Hammond organ. Briefly switching to pop with an inspired rendition of Jonathan King's "Everybody's Gone to the Moon", Womack turns in another mid-tempo soul wailer with the devastating "I Can't Take It Like a Man".
As he had done with "Fly Me to the Moon" (a track re-released on this album), Bobby jazzes up "I Left My Heart In San Francisco", speeding up the groove and perking it up with his own inimitable, funky guitar chops, after which he launches into the hardest funkin' jam here with the raw, lazily struttin' vamp "Arkansas State Prison". Featuring both old-time country slide guitar riffing and that 'pick axe and shovel' beat first heard on Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang", the lyrics are pretty brutal, dealing with in-jail murder, hound dogs, shady guards and a successful escape.
Again paying hommage to his mentor Sam Cooke, Womack then takes on "I'm Gonna Forget About You", turning it into a deliciously struttin', horn-infested groove, featuring a preposterously funky outro. He also considerably 'spices up' the Temptations' "Don't Look Back", adding more blaring horns and his own crackeling guitar riffs.
His pop sensibilities are showing once more with "Tried and Convicted", a stomping blues-based wailer that is sufficiently embellished with strings, but the man saves the best for last with one of soul music's most touching, melodic, beautiful ballads I have ever heard. Intensely personal, "Thank You" is the crowning achievement of this LP. Sparsely arranged, with Bobby churning out a heartfelt, intimate vocal, this gem of a tune is both pretty as it is soothing. A masterpiece.
In all, a fantastic album that should have received far more recognition than it did the first time of its release. Southern Soul at its finest.
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A1
How I Miss You Baby
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A2
More Than I Can Stand
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A3
It's Gonna Rain
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A4
Everyone's Gone to the Moon
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A5
I Can't Take It Like a Man
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A6
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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B1
Arkansas State Prison
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B2
I'm Gonna Forget About You
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B3
Don't Look Back
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B4
Tried and Convicted
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B5 Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
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B6
Thank You
6 Sep 2023
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9 Aug 2023
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A1
How I Miss You Baby
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A2
More Than I Can Stand
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A3
It's Gonna Rain
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A4
Everyone's Gone to the Moon
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A5
I Can't Take It Like a Man
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A6
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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B1
Arkansas State Prison
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B2
I'm Gonna Forget About You
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B3
Don't Look Back
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B4
Tried and Convicted
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B5
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
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B6
Thank You
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