| + 'Justments | ||||
 |
||||
| Studio album by Bill Withers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues, Soul | |||
| Label | Sussex Records | |||
| Professional reviews | ||||
|
||||
| Bill Withers chronology | ||||
|
||||
+'Justments is a 1974 album by Bill Withers, released by Sussex Records.
Legal tussles between Withers and Sussex prevented further recording sessions until Columbia signed the singer a year later. Columbia bought Withers' back catalog, re-releasing his earlier hit records, but +'Justments has never been reissued on CD or in any other format.
The album cover shows Withers writing the following explanation of the title:
"Life like most precious gifts gives us the responsibility of upkeep. We are given the responsibility of arranging our own spaces to best benefit our survival. We have the choice of believing or not believing in things like God, friendship, marriage, love, lust or any number of simple but complicated things. We will make some mistakes both in judgement and in fact. We will help some situations and hurt some situations. We will help some people and hurt some people and be left to live with it either way. We must then make some adjustments, or as the old people back home would call them, 'JUSTMENTS."
"Can We Pretend" features José Feliciano on guitar.
Track listing
All songs written by Bill Withers except as indicated.
- "You" – 5:18
- "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" – 3:23
- "Stories" – 2:42
- "Green Grass" – 3:08
- "Ruby Lee" (Melvin Dunlap, Bill Withers) – 3:16
- "Heartbreak Road" – 3:06
- "Can We Pretend" (Denise Nicholas) – 3:47
- "Liza" – 3:02
- "Make a Smile for Me" – 3:14
- "Railroad Man" (Melvin Dunlap, Bill Withers) – 6:24
Personnel
- Dorothy Ashby – Harp
- John Barnes – Piano
- Benorce Blackmon – Guitar
- Melvin Dunlap – Bass, Producer
- José Feliciano – Guitar
- James Gadson – Drums, Producer
- John Myles – Clavinet
- Norman Seeff – Photography
- Chip Steen – Conga
- John Van Hamersveld – Design
- Bill Withers – Guitar, Vocals, Producer
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
