Still Bill | ||||
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Studio album by Bill Withers | ||||
Released | May 1972 | |||
Recorded | The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Soul, smooth soul, R&B, Pop | |||
Length | 44:36 | |||
Label | Sussex | |||
Producer | Benorce Blackmon, Bill Withers, James Gadson, Melvin Dunlap, Ray Jackson | |||
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Singles from Still Bill | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Billboard | (favorable) |
Robert Christgau | (A) |
PopMatters | (favorable) |
Rolling Stone | |
Stylus Magazine | (favorable) |
Still Bill is the second studio album by American soul musician Bill Withers, released in 1972 by Sussex Records. It includes two hit singles: "Lean on Me", which is number 205 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and went to number 1 on the Billboard pop and R&B charts in summer of 1972; and "Use Me", which went to number two on the same charts in fall of 1972. It was certified Gold by the RIAA.
The 2003 Columbia Records CD reissue includes two tracks from Withers' 1973 album Live at Carnegie Hall.
All tracks written by Bill Withers, except where indicated.