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Back to Oakland

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Track listing
Personnel
Charts
Singles
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Back to Oakland
| type = Album
| artist = Tower of Power
| cover = Back to Oakland.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 1974
| recorded = 1974 at Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Kaye/Smith Studios, Seattle, Washington
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soul, funk
| length = 43:05
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Tower of Power
| prev_title = Tower of Power
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Urban Renewal
| next_year = 1975

}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} ^[1]
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2Score = C+^[2]
}}

Back to Oakland is the fourth album by Bay Area based band Tower of Power, Released in Spring 1974 on Warner Bros. Records. It was voted by Modern Drummer Magazine as one of the most important recordings for drummers to listen to.

Track listing

"Oakland Stroke..." (Emilio Castillo, David Garibaldi, Stephen Kupka) - 0:53
"Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Lenny Williams) - 4:28
"Just When We Start Makin' It" (Castillo, Kupka, Lenny Williams) - 6:30
"Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)" (Castillo, Kupka, Williams) - 3:00
"Squib Cakes" (Chester Thompson) - 7:49
"Time Will Tell" (Castillo, Kupka) - 3:11
"Man from the Past" (Castillo, Kupka, Williams) - 4:00
"Love's Been Gone So Long" (Bruce Conte) - 4:47
"I Got the Chop" (Castillo, Kupka) - 2:59
"Below Us, All the City Lights" (Castillo, Kupka) - 4:20
"...Oakland Stroke" (Castillo, Garibaldi, Kupka) - 1:08

Personnel

Lenny Pickett - 1st tenor sax, alto sax, bass sax, soprano sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (The Doctor) - baritone sax, English horn, background vocals
Greg Adams - trumpet, fluegelhorn, orchestra bells, background vocals
Mic Gillette - trumpet, fluegelhorn, trombone, bass trombone, background vocals
Bruce Conte - guitar, background vocals
Chester Thompson - organ, bass pedals, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, background vocals
Emilio Castillo - 2nd tenor sax, background vocals
Brent Byars - conga drums
David Garibaldi - drums
Francis Rocco Prestia - bass guitar
Lenny Williams - lead vocals

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Billboard Top LPs^[3]	26
Billboard Top Soul LPs^[3]	13

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[4]
Year	Single	US	US R&B	US Dance
1974	"Don't Change Horses (In The Middle of a Stream)"	26	22	—
1974	"Time Will Tell"	—	69	27

References

1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r20340/review|pure_url=yes}}
2. ^{{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}}
3. ^¹{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5677/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Tower Of Power US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-23}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5677/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Tower Of Power US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-06-23}}

External links

Tower Of Power-Back To Oakland at Discogs

3 : 1974 albums|Tower of Power albums|Warner Bros. Records albums

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