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Tower of Power (album)

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| name = Tower of Power
| type = Album
| artist = Tower of Power
| cover = Toptop.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 1973^[1]
| recorded = 1973
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soul, funk, jazz-funk
| length = 39:56
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Tower of Power
| prev_title = Bump City
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Back to Oakland
| next_year = 1974

}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} ^[2]
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2Score = B^[3]
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Tower of Power is the third album release for the Oakland-based band, Tower of Power. This is their most successful album to date, which was released in May 1973.

The album peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart in 1973 and received a gold record award for sales in excess of 500,000. The album spawned their most successful single, "So Very Hard to Go". The single peaked at No. 17 during the week of July 28, 1973 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two other singles from the album also charted on the Billboard Hot 100: "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip?". It marked the debut of Lenny Williams being the lead vocalist (though Williams had a solo career prior to joining T.O.P., plus he co-penned the song "You Strike My Main Nerve" from the previous album Bump City). Tower of Power was also the first Tower of Power album to feature future Saturday Night Live band leader Lenny Pickett, who was the youngest member of the band at the time, replacing original lead sax player Skip Mesquite. Also joining the lineup were organist/keyboardist Chester Thompson and guitarist Bruce Conte, who replaced original guitarist Willie James Fulton.

Track listing

All songs written by Emilio Castillo and Stephen "Doc" Kupka except when noted.

"What Is Hip?" (Castillo, Kupka, David Garibaldi) - 5:08
"Clever Girl" (Castillo, Kupka, Fulton) - 2:56
"This Time It's Real" (David Bartlett, Castillo, Kupka) - 2:54
"Will I Ever Find a Love?" – 3:51
"Get Yo' Feet Back on the Ground" (Willie Fulton) - 4:52
"So Very Hard to Go" – 3:41
"Soul Vaccination" – 5:13
"Both Sorry Over Nothin'" (Castillo, Kupka, Lenny Williams) - 3:25
"Clean Slate" (Castillo, Kupka, Fulton) - 3:22
"Just Another Day" (Bruce Conte) - 4:34

== Personnel ==

Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals, string arrangements and conductor
Brent Byars – bongos, conga
Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone, backing vocals, production supervisor
Bruce Conte – guitar, backing vocals
David Garibaldi – drums
Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, baritone, backing vocals
Stephen "Doc" Kupka – oboe, baritone saxophone, backing vocals
Lenny Pickett – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone, backing vocals
Francis "Rocco" Prestia – bass guitar
Jay Spell – acoustic piano
Bruce Steinberg – harmonica, art direction, design, photography, illustrations, cover design
Chester Thompson – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
Lenny Williams – lead vocals

References

1. ^{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 26, 1973 |title=Tower of Power (Advertisement) |journal=Billboard |publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc. |volume= |issue= |pages=1, 52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgkEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |doi= }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r20346/review|title=Tower of Power - Tower of Power - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic|author=Ron Wynn|work=AllMusic|accessdate=7 November 2014}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|accessdate=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

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