Tower Of Power - Urban Renewal (1974)

If you should own only one album of Tower Of Power then Urban Renewal is the one. Ok, you might squeeze in the bag their 1973 self titled album as well :) One of the band's best effort but also one of the best in it's category. Have fun!

Product Details

# Audio CD (September 14, 1993)
# Original Release Date: 1975
# Number of Discs: 1
# Label: Warner Bros / Wea

Track Listings

1. Only So Much Oil In The Ground
2. Come Back Baby
3. It's Not The Crime
4. I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To
5. Maybe It'll Rub Off
6. (To Say The Least) You're The Most
7. Willing To Learn
8. Give Me The Proof
9. It Can Never Be The Same
10. I Believe In Myself
11. Walkin' Up Hip Street




Review by Alex Henderson

Tower of Power was very much in its prime in 1974, when the Bay Area outfit tore up the soul charts with the outstanding Urban Renewal. Lenny Williams, a passionate, wailing, gospel-influenced dynamo of a singer, had joined Tower the previous year, and he worked out remarkably well; whether digging into tough funk or romantic ballads, Williams is in top form.
Funk doesn't get much more invigorating than horn-driven gems like "Maybe It'll Rub Off," "Give Me the Proof" and "Only So Much Oil in the Ground" (a commentary on the mid-'70s energy crisis), and soul ballads don't get much richer than "Willing to Learn" and "I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To." Tower (an influence on everyone from L.T.D. to the Average White Band) recorded a number of essential albums in the '70s, and Urban Renewal is at the top of the list.





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