The Poet I & II

Original Release Date:  February 17, 2009

Track Listing

• 1. So Many Sides of You
• 2. Lay Your Lovin' on Me
• 3. Secrets
• 4. Just My Imagination
• 5. Stand Up
• 6. Games
• 7. If You Think You're Lonely Now
• 8. Where Do We Go from Here
• 9. Love Has Finally Come at Last
• 10. It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye
• 11. Through the Eyes of a Child
• 12. Surprise, Surprise
• 13. Tryin' to Get Over You
• 14. Tell Me Why
• 15. Who's Foolin' Who
• 16. I Wish I Had Someone to Go Home To
• 17. American Dream

Credits

• Patti LaBelle: Vocals, Guest Appearance
• Robert Palmer: Guitar
• Bobby Womack: Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Various, Audio Production
• Dorothy Ashby: Harp
• George Benson: Guitar
• James W. Alexander: Synthesizer
• David T. Walker: Guitar
• Michael Wycoff: Keyboards
• Roger Dollarhide: Assistant Engineer
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown: Percussion
• Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
• Nathan East: Bass
• Wilton Felder: Horn
• James Gadson: Drums, Vocals (Background), Producer, Audio Production
• Thurman Green: Horn
• Rusty Hamilton: Synthesizer, Harmonica
• Iris Keitel: Art Direction
• Harry Kim: Horn
• Avi Kipper: Engineer, Audio Engineer
• Patrick Moten: Keyboards
• Andrew Loog Oldham: Producer, Audio Production
• Barney Perkins: Engineer, Mixing, Audio Engineer
• David Sheilds: Bass
• The Valentinos: Vocals (Background)
• The Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Fred Wesley: Horn
• Cecil Womack: Vocals, Vocals (Background), Various, Musician
• Curtis Womack: Vocals (Background)
• Friendly Womack: Vocals, Vocals (Background), Various, Musician
• Regina Womack: Vocals (Background), Handclapping
• Brian Fitzpatrick: Redesign
• Michael Kirk: Production Coordination
• Eddie Brown: Percussion
• Norman Seeff: Photography, Cover Photo, Tray Photo
• Richard Griffin: Vocals, Various, Musician
• Fernando Harkless: Horn, Vocals, Musician
• Ginny Livingston: Art Direction
• Moshe Brakha: Photography
• Murray Brenman: Design, CD Art Adaptation
• Tim Dennen: Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer
• Courtney Sappington: Guitar
• Fred Johnson: Drum Machine
• Thel Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Adam Ayan: Mastering, Audio Engineer
• Maria Papazahariou: Production Coordination
• Teri Landi: Reissue Producer
• Paulinho DeCosta: Percussion
• Alisa Coleman: Art Direction
• Robert Battaglia: Engineer, Audio Engineer
• Vincent Womack: Handclapping
• Vickie Milgram: Audio Engineer
• Tondalei: Handclapping
• Tom Cummings: Audio Engineer
• Thurmon Green: Horn
• Sidney Mulgrow: Horn
• Sally Womack: Handclapping
• Roger Dollarhyde: Audio Engineer
• Rody Hassano: Audio Engineer
• Mark Fackett: Audio Engineer
• Kathy Bloxson: Vocals (Background)
• Jon Rami: Vocals, Various
• Johnny Parham: Vocals, Various
• Dave Bloomberg: Arranger
• Carl Protho: Audio Engineer
• Dale Ramsey: Keyboards
• David Miller: Synthesizer