Genre
Soul and deep soul, rooted in the Southern R&B tradition. The album draws on the raw, gritty vocal style characteristic of Muscle Shoals-influenced recordings, combining blues sensibility with funk undercurrents.
Release
Originally released on June 8, 1973, by United Artists Records (catalog no. UA-LA043-F).
Production
Produced by Bobby Womack himself, who also handled guitar work and string and horn arrangements. The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section provided the instrumental backbone. Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States.
Reception
Facts of Life performed strongly on the American charts, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and No. 37 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The single "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. AllMusic awarded the album a score of 90, and it is considered one of Womack's finest recordings from his most productive period.
Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack (March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Cleveland, Ohio. He began his career in the 1950s performing gospel music with his brothers as the Womack Brothers, coming under the mentorship of Sam Cooke, who helped transform the group into the R&B act the Valentinos. Their 1964 song "It's All Over Now" became the Rolling Stones' first UK number one hit. After Cooke's death, Womack built a prolific solo career, with his most celebrated run spanning from Communication (1971) through Facts of Life (1973). He also contributed guitar work for artists including Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and Sly Stone, and scored the blaxploitation film Across 110th Street (1972). He enjoyed a major commercial revival in the 1980s with The Poet (1981). Womack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.
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